Example Sentences

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At its heart are Eileen Gu, a freestyle skier, and Alysa Liu, a figure-skater.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Tirico’s contribution to figure-skater Adam Rippon’s star-making interview was offering up a buffet of banalities —What were you thinking about on the ice?—that only served to highlight the bracing energy of Rippon’s unpredictable responses.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2018

That was the year, too, when Bobby met his figure-skater wife, Joanne.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hutson, onetime Alabama star who looks more like a fancy figure-skater than a footballer, has been the Bears' nemesis ever since he joined the Packers in 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive