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skating

  • present participle of skate.

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But it is yet another straw in the wind that the stock market is skating on thin ice.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

After 52 years of providing the Inland Empire with mini golf, roller skating and go-karting, Fiesta Village Fun Park is shutting down.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

German fans mostly gathered in an area that typically serves as an ice skating rink but has been converted to resemble an indoor beer garden, with benches in front of a large screen.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

There was also a knighthood and damehood for Olympic champions Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean, for services to ice skating and to voluntary service.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Sometimes it was like she was out in Switzerland and all the mountains were covered with snow and she was skating on cold, greenish-colored ice.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers