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Recent Examples of skates
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
2 July 2026
In testing, the skates performed well on desk surfaces (and a variety of other spots, including my pants leg).
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Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
But as Alex Ovechkin summers back home, wrestling with a decision about whether to lace up the skates for a 22nd NHL season at age 41, the news of what is happening in the American capital must have reached the Russian capital.
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Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
At a press conference on Friday, the future Hall of Famer officially hung up his skates.
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Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Skaters are encouraged to bring their own skates.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Olympic figure skaters Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu stopped to sign skates for children while visiting Children's Medical Center Dallas.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Sticks, helmets, pants, gloves, skates and more will be sold at Pure Hockey.
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Jason Dill
june 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Mark, on a skateboard, and Jacob, also wearing inline skates, followed a little more than an arm’s length behind.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Noun
Monaghan’s character is also getting back on her feet — on ice skates.
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Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
2 July 2026
In testing, the skates performed well on desk surfaces (and a variety of other spots, including my pants leg).
—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
But as Alex Ovechkin summers back home, wrestling with a decision about whether to lace up the skates for a 22nd NHL season at age 41, the news of what is happening in the American capital must have reached the Russian capital.
—
Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
At a press conference on Friday, the future Hall of Famer officially hung up his skates.
—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Skaters are encouraged to bring their own skates.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Olympic figure skaters Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu stopped to sign skates for children while visiting Children's Medical Center Dallas.
—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Sticks, helmets, pants, gloves, skates and more will be sold at Pure Hockey.
—
Jason Dill
june 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
Mark, on a skateboard, and Jacob, also wearing inline skates, followed a little more than an arm’s length behind.
—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skates
Noun
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Here, such extended sequences of cowboys steering their steeds and working their land feel rushed.
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Those 6 and older are allowed to ride their gentle steeds solo, and a short lesson is included.
Verb
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Opportunities to earn more come your way as Jupiter slides into Leo today.
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Veteran Tiffany Hayes slides in and picks up right where the starters left off, bringing the same pressure, the same discipline, the same pride on that end.
Noun
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Undomesticated equines could not stop it from happening.
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While filming the 2015 miniseries Texas Rising in Mexico, Fraser noticed a horse being picked on by other equines.
Noun
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Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares.
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But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
Noun
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Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.
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The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
Noun
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Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.
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Among Spendthrift’s many quality stallions, Into Mischief exercises a kind of casual dominance around the barn.
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“Skates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skates. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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