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The actress roller-skated throughout her Broadway debut in “Starlight Express,” sung while suspended upside down in her Tony-winning performance of “Nine” and learned Bob Fosse’s famously particular style of dance for “Damn Yankees.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

As a kid in the early 1980s, I roller-skated on the bike path.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

The Mariner moose roller-skated onto the scene in 1990, and Harry the Husky joined the fray in 1995.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2021

Dreibelbis told ProPublica he roller-skated into the protest, expecting to attend only briefly.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2020

Charlotte and I roller-skated, and although it didn’t take me long to learn, my knees were skinned most of the time.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz