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Recent Examples of slalomingCompetitors then take the skins off their skis before slaloming down the descent to the finish line.—Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 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
Brith, who is ahead and in charge, is taking as her guide the stream, which sparks in the sunlight, cutting a narrow channel through the hillside, weaving itself around rocks and tree trunks, appearing and disappearing, diving underground then springing up in unexpected places.
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Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
The latter can seem more like a game of dodgeball with bikes weaving in and out of your path.
Now, 25 games and 577 days since the injury that put his career in jeopardy, there was All on the Bengals’ practice fields, cutting and accelerating, extending for receptions and ducking into blocking assignments.
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Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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.
Maybe not stuck in an urban jam, dodging potholes or crawling amid draconian speed limits – but out there on the open road, taking sunny corners in a nice car?
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 May 2026
After a day of learning about blackmail wire and unwittingly dodging Dennis the menace, Paula heads to soccer practice and faces yet another obstacle.
Basulto’s planes would typically fly a few miles apart over large quadrants of the Florida Straits, zigzagging over endless swaths of sea and peering down into the whitecaps for signs of life.
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Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Below the falls, the river funnels into the dramatic Batoka Gorge, a series of steep, zigzagging channels carved out over millennia.