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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skating
sliding
Verb
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Joseph took over a team that had gone 9-7, but was sliding toward disaster.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Position the whetstone horizontally, coarse-side up, on a damp towel to prevent sliding.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Skating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skating. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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