Example Sentences

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This analysis suggests that the S&P 500 will be skating on thin ice over the next few quarters.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Devo, Modest Mouse, Descendents, and Warish are playing, and the best vert skaters will be skating all weekend.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022

The biggest hurdle for players, he said, will be skating at the same level they were before the break, and getting a feel for the ice again.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020

But, really, this event belongs to the Russians, who will be skating not under the Russian flag but as Olympic Athletes From Russia.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2018

But there will be skating afterwhile; and snowstorms to go walking in.

From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana