slaloming

Definition of slalomingnext
present participle of slalom
as in weaving
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 slaloming 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
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  • The company is in the process of translating its catalog, using AI to analyze the colors, layers and weaving patterns of previous design files.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And now, the Princess of Wales has made a trip to Melin Tregwynt, a historic woollen mill on the Pembrokeshire coast, known mostly for weaving traditional Welsh double-cloth designs.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
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  • But after ducking the tax — the first step toward eventually resetting their heavy repeater penalties — the Celtics surely won’t want to jump right back into it.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Conference-goers are often ducking in and out of the big ballrooms day and night and the lobby is nearly always abuzz with travelers coming and going.
    Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • After dodging Guantánamo, Stewart was instructed to report to an ICE detention center in Texas.
    Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Robertson, a designer by trade, launched the site last year after dodging a robot on a summer walk near Belden Avenue and Halsted Street in Lincoln Park with his wife and their two small children.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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  • Available in ash or Canaletto walnut, the zigzagging piece can ascend or descend to different elevations—a table that rises to nearly any occasion.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
  • In the dead of winter, dozens of all-terrain vehicles and motorbikes converge in the region to test their speed and agility on more than two miles of zigzagging, looping track.
    Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026

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“Slaloming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaloming. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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