skipping
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He addressed skipping the party, telling Page Six, “I love my daughter, always have, always will.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson is skipping Glasgow in favour of the European Athletics Championships, which start in Birmingham on 10 August and are arguably the bigger track and field event this summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Some Americans are skipping salads or no longer buying lettuce at the grocery store amid a lengthy investigation into the cyclospora outbreak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Buffett was skipping his typical midyear donation to the Gates Foundation to wait to see the findings of a review into the foundation’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
She took off the fins and untied the skipping rope and put everything back in the bin.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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