skating

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Marner opened the scoring with a spectacular breakaway goal, skating on to William Karlssson’s two-line pass as he entered the offensive zone and beating LaCombe up the center of the ice to the crease.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“Each takes money and time. It’s better to be skating to where the puck is going. Nobody is talking about the snow globe of the future.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Kopitar then held his hands in front of him and folded his fingers into the shape of a heart before skating away — not quite into the sunset, but headed in that direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

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 • Mar. 31, 2026

Gia smiled, her blue eyes skating over them.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton