sled
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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
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
I was forty years old and living in poverty when I first became involved with sled dogs.
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
They are mounted on sleds and fired down a track to make sure they remain structurally sound when subjected to 16 times the force of gravity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
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
Often he’d come into the tavern and ask me if I knew who had hay or sleds or something else to sell.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
“I showed him where we played hopscotch and sledded in winter,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
The family sledded and snowshoed in the backyard, which fronts a national forest.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 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 when we would’ve been chipping ice.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
“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
We hiked all over the nearby golf course in summer and went sledding there in winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
He put the platter behind his butt, said a silent prayer to whatever Roman god oversaw stupid sledding tricks, and jumped off the side of the hill.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
