sled
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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
American Mystique Ro was terrified the first time she rode a skeleton sled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
But he did not necessarily expect to be pushing a sled at another Winter Olympics.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was very hard going for the dogs, fighting the wind and the snow, and I couldn’t help them, lying half dead in the sled.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
But their partnership and matrimonial bliss dissolves as soon as their sleds hit the track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Blame was laid firmly on their equipment - a risk was taken with their sleds and "it didn't pay off".
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
With it she could, like her father, freeze leather and sinew into sleds, spears, and harpoons.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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"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
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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
Through their court filings, both recount head injuries sustained while sledding and lingering symptoms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
But pedestrians can take the chair lift up the mountain to enjoy the view, before walking, sledding or taking the lift down.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 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
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