sled
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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
The actor added that he imagined turning the fictional home into a “movie fun house” where people could sled down the stairs just like Kevin does in the movie.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Only one person competes, pushing the sled at the start and piloting down the course at speeds of 70 to 80 mph.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
That’s because bobsled races are often won or lost at the start, where speed, explosive power and acceleration are vital in getting the 400-pound sled moving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
When I realized what he was doing, I stopped and fed and rested the team, sat on the sled and thought about what I was doing wrong.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Army Green Berets lumbered through a northern Swedish pine forest, struggling not to fall on their brand new skis as they dragged sleds over hills and frozen creeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He later went on to become a four-time Olympian, and designed the sleds on which many of Britain's early skeleton medallists achieved their Olympic success.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
As sleds descended the hills of Central Park, traders hunting for an edge ventured outside to take measurements of snowfall accumulation on parked cars.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Behind them came the other dog teams pulling sleds that were each loaded with 900 pounds of stores and gear.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
"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
The dead included an 8-month-old baby in a car that slipped off a suburban New Orleans road and a 6-year-old Virginia boy who sledded into a driver’s path.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
In winter, children sledded on the slopes and skated on the frozen pond.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014
There are four bedrooms and it features the staircase that Culkin sledded down in the 1990 movie written by John Hughes.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2011
The friends still couldn't believe they had sledded down the highest hill in River Heights!
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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
You see it in someone like Elana Meyers Taylor, a 41-year-old multiple silver and bronze winning mother from Texas who finally took a sledding gold in her fifth Games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
I help Decca in the yard, building a half-snow, half-mud man, and then we walk six blocks to the hill behind my grade school and go sledding.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
