slalom

Definition of slalomnext
as in to weave
to move suddenly aside or to and fro slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier

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Recent Examples of slalom The 15-year-old has shown extraordinary confidence and talent against top European opposition, slaloming through challenges and winning two penalties with his blend of acceleration and technique. Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025 Capturing that level of precision usually requires custom foley work, but in the video below you can see how Firefly generated sound effects like race cars turning, an elephant trumpeting, or a skier slaloming downhill using just text prompts and the voice reference tool. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 July 2025 That’s not entirely uncommon in college golf, but the programs at TCU had a few more logistical challenges to slalom than the norm. Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2025 The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for slalom
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  • An hour later, for its first concert since the fires, parishioners sat in awe as Grammy Award winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers weaved her bow across her violin, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach echoing through the church.
    Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Culturally, 2026 is the year cannabis truly weaves into everyday life.
    Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
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  • In winter, visitors like to duck in from the cold to sample wines at many of the Old Mission Peninsula's wineries, sipping warm reds and dry whites while watching the sun set over frozen Lake Michigan.
    Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Unfortunately, New York’s leaders may choose to duck the hard choices for now.
    Andrew Rein, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026

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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slalom. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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