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The fast-food standards have them, of course, but so do regional chains and neighborhood coffee shops: download this, order ahead, skip the line, collect points, save your usual.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
And California law does allow parents to skip immunizations for children who are enrolled in independent study programs and do not receive classroom-based instruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
If a team press immediately, Liverpool have been willing to skip short build-up play and go long from keepers Alisson or Giorgi Mamardashvili early.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Do you think we’ll be able to skip this race in next week’s edition?
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Right. And then he could apologize for being a jerk. And then we’ll hold hands and skip over the rainbow.”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
The Slovenian-born former model skipped a number of other major events including the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, despite having attended the first version in April, which was disrupted by a gunman.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
When the time came to get an education, he skipped College Station for stints in New Haven and Cambridge.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The plums in the British Airways lounge at the Rome airport were so juicy I ate two and skipped everything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Skubal skipped backward off the mound and buried his fist in the pocket of his glove in celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
We said goodbye, and Trevor skipped down the steps to the children’s floor.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
When I joked, “I didn’t realize I was communicating with the NSA,” without skipping a beat, he replied: “breaking news the fbi let a spy get shot 5 times!”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
I highly recommend skipping Google, skipping ChatGPT, and going straight to INeedAnA.com.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
This is like skipping rope without the rope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mark Russell, chief executive of The Children's Society, said that parents were "going into debt over the summer holidays" and "skipping meals".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He pulled out a long plastic skipping rope.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
