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skipping

/ ˈskɪpɪŋ /

noun

the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise

Veteran player Wiig continued without skipping a beat, but the damage was done.

Skipping work, pulling the kids out of school—all of these decisions have lasting consequences.

Some of the most important accommodations are not line-skipping, nor expensive ADA-compliant building regulations.

And an increasing number of women are skipping the hospital altogether.

Ignore the talk about purity tests, progressive cred, and skipping to a post-presidency status.

So they went down again, he limping, she skipping almost like a girl, but with a division of thought which saddened both.

But she had been skipping around the garden for several days before the doctor would allow the visit to the freight-car house.

"I have good news for you, Bessie," said Mrs. Worthington as Bessie came skipping into the room from her play.

I see myself skipping gracefully over to the wash-basin, he said aloud.

There was pap looking wild, and skipping around every which way and yelling about snakes.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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