Example Sentences

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Canadian hedge-fund manager Xavier Majic is skating circles around the competition this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

When Lunella isn’t thwarting foes on the Williamsburg Bridge or in Seward Park, she is skating through downtown streets filled with bodegas, graffiti murals, delis and a multicultural array of citizens.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Perhaps the Kings’ youth movement will be further moved knowing a quarter of the team’s remaining on-ice Stanley Cup legacy is skating into the sunset.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2022

“I wanted to do a backflip, but I was always really too scared to try it,” says James, who is skating in Beijing in her fourth Winter Games after representing France in Vancouver and Pyeongchang.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2022

"I can't believe Bess is skating with Svetlana and Alexi Dubonov!"

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene