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sled

[sled] / slɛd /
NOUN
sleigh
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The Mestersvig outpost is remote, far less developed, and used by a Danish naval dog sled unit.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The company’s global events can draw tens of thousands of athletes, testing their strength and endurance as they cycle through challenges like rowing, sandbag lunges, sled pushes and burpees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Northern sled dogs became compact and heavily coated for cold conditions, while hunting dogs near the equator tended to be leaner and better suited to heat.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

He filed a lawsuit in December 2021 that asked USA Bobsled/Skeleton to implement a medical monitoring system to identify and treat sledders with sled head symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

Each time the dogs would stop and let me get back on the sled.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The 105 surviving crew members abandoned the vessels and began a desperate attempt to reach safety, traveling along the west coast of King William Island, Nunavut, while hauling boats on sleds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Humphries and brakewoman Jasmine Jones, a former USC track star, finished third behind a pair of German sleds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

The real stars of the Milan Cortina Games aren’t on skis or skates or even bombing downhill on sleds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Also on the Cortina track, keep an eye out for Brad Hall's two-man and four-man sleds in the men's bobsleigh.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Deep in the back I found our two old sleds.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

“I showed him where we played hopscotch and sledded in winter,” she said.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

She and her sister skated on a frozen pond in the yard and sledded down the hills.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2022

The three spies soon parachuted successfully to the ground, landing in waist-high snow, and sledded downhill, heading toward Innsbruck.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022

"I’ve been trying to juggle," she said as her 7-year-old sledded on the hill outside and her 4-year-old didn’t want to go out.

From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022

“We sledded all the way to Big Creek,” I told him.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

In warmer weather, you can rent kayaks, wave runners and paddleboards or take a seasonal cruise aboard the Lake Lawn Queen; winter brings cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, ice fishing and sledding.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

The partnership between people and dogs became especially specialized in the Arctic, where Indigenous communities developed highly sophisticated cultures centered on dog sledding.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

While winning that case would be uphill sledding, the report may have ultimately been a useful development for him.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

Through their court filings, both recount head injuries sustained while sledding and lingering symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

The boys agreed to meet at the sledding hill in an hour.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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