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skate

[skeyt] / skeɪt /


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He founded his first company, Westbeach Snowboard, in 1979, to sell surf, skate and snowboard gear.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Other tour boats skate around the limestone coast fringed with wind-blasted greenery.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Dezhyna, who leaves a faint floral scent behind her as she paces the streets, is lobbying officials to rebuild a skate park.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Because he couldn’t skate growing up in tiny Port Williams, Nova Scotia — population 1,100 — Shaffelburg turned first to running, winning the province championship at 3,000 meters in middle school.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

I’d never seen anyone who could skate as fast, stop as quickly, turn and swivel like he was planting a cleat in the grass, not stabbing the ice with his skate.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

He’s given Acme a pile of money for defective rocket-powered roller skates and flying suits and gotten zilch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Each time, the 30-something Staal could have easily hung up his skates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

During the trial, Nancy Iskander testified that she began to cross Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive on inline skates with her youngest son, Zachary, next to her on his scooter.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Bikes, tricycles, roller skates and sidewalk games during the summer months were the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

I couldn’t find his shoes or my clothes in the excitement—and somehow the laces on his skates had knotted and frozen so I couldn’t untie them anyway.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Pro 7, which ran an advertising campaign in which their mascot held an Olympic flame or curled, skated or bob-sledded down a supermarket aisle, was fined a total of 550,000 euros.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Olympian, who went to the locker room at the end of the second period after taking a puck off his mouth, skated in on Darcy Kuemper and went to his backhand for the winner.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

After her final bow, she gracefully skated to the nearest camera and perfectly captured the turning tide of America’s Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

"Ami and Mone, who shared this experience with me, both skated with such strength that you wouldn't think it was their first Olympic Games," said Sakamoto, who had dominated the sport since 2022.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

It wasn't snitching because everybody knew Pia skated through school.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

It provides investors with yet another reason to worry that the stock market is skating on thin ice.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

"I always want to challenge myself in new ways, so my artistry & skating can evolve. It's important to me that my sport reflects my personal growth," she wrote on Instagram.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The two girls are thrown together by their mutual commitment to their passions, science and skating.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Those include the third season of “XO Kitty,” about a young woman studying in Korea; and ice skating drama called “Finding Her Edge.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The Ray, out in the deeps, was skating for the Florida cut and the open Atlantic beyond.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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