skid marks

idiom

: marks made by a skidding vehicle (as on a road)

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The police didn't see skid marks and determined that Godbout was driving faster than the 25 mph speed limit in the area, Villanis wrote. Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 15 Jan. 2026 Video recorded in Lauderdale Lakes shows skid marks on the ground and debris all over the floor of a medical center on West Oakland Park Boulevard near 36th Avenue, just east of State Route 7. Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025 Tuscarawas County Sheriff Orvis Campbell stands next to skid marks that were left on a sidewalk when a woman drove a golf cart into Atwood Lake on Saturday. Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 In a U-turn that left skid marks on the credibility of public health messaging, experts had a new message. Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for skid marks

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“Skid marks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skid%20marks. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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