ski run
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ski run
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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When a downhill ski run ends before the finish line, it doesn’t end gently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
The two resorts are connected by a ski run off a ridgeline and their base areas are a short drive or bus ride apart.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
While enjoying a lesson on the beginners' Bandana ski run, Paltrow collided with Sanderson.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023
Soon the trail leaves the ski run — and memories of cooler kids racing past me like Oz’s winged monkeys — behind and climbs into a forest of oak, hickory, birch and beech.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2020
From the foot of the ski run, the imitation log cabin lodge piped its popular songs into the overhang of silence.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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