ski lift
noun
: a motor-driven conveyor consisting usually of a series of bars or seats suspended from an overhead moving cable and used for transporting skiers or sightseers up a long slope
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In 1998, a low-flying U.S. military jet cut through the cable of a ski lift in Cavalese, in the Dolomites, killing 20 people.
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FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Entertainment & Arts ‘Ugly Betty’ alum Eric Mabius arrested on suspicion of battery in Florida bar brawl
Feb. 20, 2025
Video published by TMZ on Thursday showed Osment, wearing his ski helmet backward, allegedly holding up the line for a ski lift.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Characters get stuck on ski lift for a whole episode
Which would not be a bottle episode, just a bottle … subplot?
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Miller noted that Winter Park — a more than 3,000-acre resort operated by Alterra Mountain Company — still has 21 operational ski lifts, and the park did not have an estimate as to when the construction would be completed.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Entertainment & Arts ‘Ugly Betty’ alum Eric Mabius arrested on suspicion of battery in Florida bar brawl
Feb. 20, 2025
Video published by TMZ on Thursday showed Osment, wearing his ski helmet backward, allegedly holding up the line for a ski lift.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Characters get stuck on ski lift for a whole episode
Which would not be a bottle episode, just a bottle … subplot?
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Miller noted that Winter Park — a more than 3,000-acre resort operated by Alterra Mountain Company — still has 21 operational ski lifts, and the park did not have an estimate as to when the construction would be completed.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ski lift
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“Ski lift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski%20lift. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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