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Example Sentences

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But introduce a 400-meter oval and a pair of razor-sharp skates, and proud cheeseheads turn into something else entirely: some of the fastest athletes in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Across town, at the speed skating oval, the latest U.S. star is a Wisconsinite named Jordan Stolz.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was an oval basket, woven with an interior funnel into which a hapless river prawn had swum.

From Literature

In the center of the second story is an oval arch, featuring the mythological Pan and his flutes, the god of nature and the wild.

From Literature

Rather than completely breaking down -- as happens during dramatic "sudden stratospheric warming" events -- the vortex can stretch out into a more oval shape.

From Barron's