sled
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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 have to sit still and count the curves until we reach the finish line, when I have to pull the brakes. I’m responsible that the sled won’t crash into something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
I had more wood next to the sled and I slowly put a couple of pieces on the fire and leaned back again.
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
Competitors ski, push and pull sleds, row, burpee, lunge and throw heavy medicine balls at a target in an effort to finish in the fastest time.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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
But their partnership and matrimonial bliss dissolves as soon as their sleds hit the track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
“I showed him where we played hopscotch and sledded in winter,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 6, 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
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
Police say he sledded down a hill near on Saturday into the car’s path and later died, despite the efforts of a witness and first responders.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
“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
Another side features a curving surface descending from the apex for winter sledding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
It was dark out, and the air was filled with the squeals of sledding kids.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
