skate
Example Sentences
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Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.
From Salon
Sela raised her eyes, but they skated over my face and flitted off.
From Literature
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Earlier, US star Ilia Malinin won a third straight men's gold as he bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal last month when he fell twice in the free skate.
From BBC
Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing a skate that showed he had achieved his desire to “move on” from the Olympics after days tormented by his mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times
I was a big skateboarder in my youth, and I told him I wanted a tape in the VCR like an old skate video.
From Los Angeles Times
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