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The 41-year-old was then airlifted off the Olimpia delle Tofane piste as the crowd stood to applaud her.—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 With over 270 inches of snow per year due to the lake effect, this Keweenaw Peninsula resort offers off-piste (ungroomed terrain) skiing.—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 With access to 600 km of pistes meandering through Les Trois Vallées, skiers can glide through pretty Meribel, Val Thorens, and Courchevel.—Sophie Knight, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026 But the billionaire class does not seem to be deterred by slightly off-piste locations in the era of private jets and motor courts — 80 Clarkson has one, of course, with intricate metalwork, so drivers needn’t unload on the street, and there’s also a waiting room for them.—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piste
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Etymology
French, from Middle French, from Old Italian pista, from pistare to trample down, pound — more at piston