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Recent Examples of skates
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Skaters are encouraged to bring their own skates.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Olympic figure skaters Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu stopped to sign skates for children while visiting Children's Medical Center Dallas.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Sticks, helmets, pants, gloves, skates and more will be sold at Pure Hockey.
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Jason Dill
june 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Mark, on a skateboard, and Jacob, also wearing inline skates, followed a little more than an arm’s length behind.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Eight weeks of summer camp turned into 10 weeks of summer camp, which turned into some private lessons during the year in minor hockey and then into twice-a-week skates in recent summers.
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
From the moment Jokic became an All-Star with his propensity for triple doubles, from the first time MacKinnon barreled down the ice like his skates were attached to a V-8, winning a championship seemed like a given.
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Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
Gabriel Landeskog wears the small sensors in the insoles of his skates for practices and games.
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ABC News,
26 May 2026
Noun
At a press conference on Friday, the future Hall of Famer officially hung up his skates.
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Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Skaters are encouraged to bring their own skates.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Olympic figure skaters Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu stopped to sign skates for children while visiting Children's Medical Center Dallas.
—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Sticks, helmets, pants, gloves, skates and more will be sold at Pure Hockey.
—
Jason Dill
june 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Mark, on a skateboard, and Jacob, also wearing inline skates, followed a little more than an arm’s length behind.
—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Eight weeks of summer camp turned into 10 weeks of summer camp, which turned into some private lessons during the year in minor hockey and then into twice-a-week skates in recent summers.
—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
From the moment Jokic became an All-Star with his propensity for triple doubles, from the first time MacKinnon barreled down the ice like his skates were attached to a V-8, winning a championship seemed like a given.
—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
Gabriel Landeskog wears the small sensors in the insoles of his skates for practices and games.
—
ABC News,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skates
Noun
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Here, such extended sequences of cowboys steering their steeds and working their land feel rushed.
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Those 6 and older are allowed to ride their gentle steeds solo, and a short lesson is included.
Verb
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Switchable defender who slides laterally very well for his size.
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The Levoit Cordless Stick Vacuum has a 180-degree swivel head that slides right under chairs, tables, and beds.
Noun
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Undomesticated equines could not stop it from happening.
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While filming the 2015 miniseries Texas Rising in Mexico, Fraser noticed a horse being picked on by other equines.
Noun
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But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
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Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
Noun
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Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.
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The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
Noun
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According to experts, stallions are known to engage in fierce, sudden battles, which is one reason North Carolina law prohibits anyone from coming within 50 feet of the horses.
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The stallions are known to engage in fierce battles in public spaces, including chasing, kicking and biting.
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“Skates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skates. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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