sledge
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He later documented his journeys through India on elephant-back and across Siberia by sledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
"The sledge has got back. We heard the sad details. Jeff has badly bitten frostbitten hands. We are not taking any more risks to recover," the report reads the day after the accident.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
In the teams' most recent match, one Bedford player attempted to sledge back at Pollock, suggesting he would be back with the Blues on loan by October.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
At sea level, the oxygen molecules are driven into the lungs and into the blood with the force of a sledge hammer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
“We can leave the sledge up here. We’ll leave half the firewood for the return journey, and the dogs will have no problem.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
It's all about getting sledged in the airport, or in restaurants.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
He gets sledged from opponents for being a "reality superstar", while his own team-mates rib him for "whatever air-fryer I'm promoting on Instagram".
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2021
The results showed that, although participants noted feeling more angry and distracted when sledged, it did not affect the overall shooting performance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019
It is a noble intention but I prefer the approach employed by Viv Richards when he was sledged by the Glamorgan fast bowler Greg Thomas.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019
More precious foodstores—cases of nuts, boxes of sugar, crates of barley, flour, and jam—were sledged back to the new camp, dubbed Ocean Camp by the men.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The crowds can be hostile and the Barmy Army are pretty good when it comes to sledging with witty songs.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
England could not escape Australian sledging on their break from the Ashes series in the beach town of Noosa.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
Australia's sledging perhaps masked some of their own struggles as they build towards hosting an Ashes series against England, with captain Pat Cummins hinting changes could be afoot for a forthcoming tour to West Indies.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
The mention of snow in our forecasts always pricks people ears up, whether it is the prospect of sledging and snowball fights, or the threat of travel disruption and school closures.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2024
If the dogs spotted a penguin while on a sledging run, they would chase after it in spite of furious yells from the driver.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
It is a Grand Anvil Chorus that these sturdy sledges are playing across the plains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
You could get by gondola up to the mouth of the Euclid trail, where the donkey trolleys dragged the sledges up toward Baldy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
It’s generally believed that the Egyptians moved massive stone blocks to the heights along large ramps, greased by water or wet clay, using a system of sledges, ropes, rollers, and levers.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 20, 2023
Used only in Antarctica, the fuel is purchased and transported either via cargo plane or by Caterpillars that drive 1,100 miles from McMurdo, towing giant gut sacks of gas on giant sledges.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
Once, it was said, they had quarried immense blocks of ice from frozen lakes deep in the haunted forest, dragging them south on sledges so the Wall might be raised ever higher.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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