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- noun Plural form of
ski .
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Examples
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Problem I have with jet skis is the racket and noise of the things, rather see what type of muffler the thing has on it.
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Much of last week, for Britain, was wasted while David Cameron pottered around the Middle East with a posse of arms manufacturers and Nick Clegg strapped his half-term skis on.
Libya: Gaddafi's cronies must desert or be damned | Observer editorial 2011
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Problem I have with jet skis is the racket and noise of the things, rather see what type of muffler the thing has on it.
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PS to Matthew: another good thing about cross country skis is that it would let you escape to the south if the Gulf Stream nosedives and bring on a new Ice Age.
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Evidence of the intense pressure I was experiencing while recording this podcast-on-skis is that I both said "the sky is out" (rather than the sun is out) and gave the wrong date for the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (December 1, not December 11).
Podcasts 2007
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Strangely, the verb in French to "wax" your cross-country skis is "farder" which sure sounds like "fart" so I spent the whole time, half grinning when the instructors continuously yelled at us to hurry up and FART!
December 2002 Halley Suitt 2002
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Much of last week, for Britain, was wasted while David Cameron pottered around the Middle East with a posse of arms manufacturers and Nick Clegg strapped his half-term skis on.
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DENVER — This season, there's more to technology on the ski slopes than the new shapes in skis.
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DENVER — This season, there's more to technology on the ski slopes than the new shapes in skis.
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DENVER mdash; This season, there's more to technology on the ski slopes than the new shapes in skis.
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Calling them “rock skis” does not necessarily mean you are skiing on rocks, though depending on where you ski, you might be. No, a set of skis to use when conditions are less than optimal is a must-have for those who choose to ski from opening day to closing day.
Rock Skis: An Ode to Early-Season Sticks Brad Northrup 2016
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