skate

Example Sentences

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“I love physical challenges. I’ve had to learn how to sword fight, ice skate, shoot a pistol, taekwondo, horseback riding. It’s like practicing to be this other person, and it kind of rubs off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Every student gets a MacBook Air—an upgrade from the midrange laptops given to most Swedish high-schoolers—and lunch is free at a cafeteria perched above a cavernous indoor skate park.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

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 • Mar. 28, 2026

Malinin scored 218.11 in the free skate for a total 329.40, far ahead of silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan on 306.67.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

God, I love it when a kid's nice and polite when you tighten their skate for them or something.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger