sled
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Northern sled dogs became compact and heavily coated for cold conditions, while hunting dogs near the equator tended to be leaner and better suited to heat.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
Luckily for both women, there was a well-worn path from the track to the Winter Olympics: Just hop onto a sled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
They all have explosive power and speed over the initial acceleration phase where pushing the sled effectively is so vital.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
In a moment of sheer stupidity, worried that I will lose my team, I tie my left arm to the sled.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Army Green Berets lumbered through a northern Swedish pine forest, struggling not to fall on their brand new skis as they dragged sleds over hills and frozen creeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He later went on to become a four-time Olympian, and designed the sleds on which many of Britain's early skeleton medallists achieved their Olympic success.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
But their partnership and matrimonial bliss dissolves as soon as their sleds hit the track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
As sleds descended the hills of Central Park, traders hunting for an edge ventured outside to take measurements of snowfall accumulation on parked cars.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
In November, John Seward put the two dog sleds from the school together, borrowed another team from the Trading Post, and entered me and my friend Julia Englet in the three-hundred-mile Ikuma—Nome Express Race.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
She and her sister skated on a frozen pond in the yard and sledded down the hills.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2022
The three spies soon parachuted successfully to the ground, landing in waist-high snow, and sledded downhill, heading toward Innsbruck.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
"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
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
The partnership between people and dogs became especially specialized in the Arctic, where Indigenous communities developed highly sophisticated cultures centered on dog sledding.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
And after some tough early sledding, it has grown into one of the top 10 leagues in the world, with five teams valued by Forbes at more than $1 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
While winning that case would be uphill sledding, the report may have ultimately been a useful development for him.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
While official counts are still being tallied, states have reported dozens of deaths as a result of hypothermia, car crashes, and sledding accidents.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
The following winter, when they went sledding, Lexie and Trip and Moody slid shrieking down the hill, backward and belly first and three at a time and once—in Trip’s case—standing up like a surfer.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
