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Recent Examples of slalom
Similar to slalom on skis, two snowboarders race downhill side-by-side weaving back and forth past gates or flags.
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Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Moltzan figured Shiffrin would slalom down the course and win the combined, for her and Johnson, by at least a second.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
Parallel giant slalom requires speed and precision as riders race side-by-side downhill, slaloming around the gates on two separate quasi-identical courses.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Previously, this event would see one skier take on runs in both downhill and slalom.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
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Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Moltzan figured Shiffrin would slalom down the course and win the combined, for her and Johnson, by at least a second.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
Parallel giant slalom requires speed and precision as riders race side-by-side downhill, slaloming around the gates on two separate quasi-identical courses.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Previously, this event would see one skier take on runs in both downhill and slalom.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slalom
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Here, at this 200,000-square-foot factory, seamstresses work eight and sometimes 12 hours a day, weaving together the American flag.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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In the city center and on the outskirts, cars, bicycles and pedestrians weave around the trash piles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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He was spotted ducking down in a field as traffic passed by and fled before he was found in a small cave, police have said.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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In fact, the Snapdragon C laptops will have to duck under the Windows 11 recommended hardware specifications to work with 8GB of memory and the smaller storage footprint that has proven successful with the MacBook Neo.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slalom. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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