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- noun Plural form of
skip . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
skip .
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Examples
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I look at the facts and the figures, and I see the dying wildlife and ecosystems, and I hear the idiotic things being said by BP, and my brain skips a beat.
"This whole world is wild at heart...and weird on top." greygirlbeast 2010
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Sometimes, people say things that are so stupid your brain skips for a split second trying to make sense of it.
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I look at the facts and the figures, and I see the dying wildlife and ecosystems, and I hear the idiotic things being said by BP, and my brain skips a beat.
"This whole world is wild at heart...and weird on top." greygirlbeast 2010
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The name skips two generations, then picks back up with Browne's grandmother, her mother, then Browne one of six generations of teachers and now her 5-year-old daughter.
A tender spot in master-slave relations Lonnae O'Neal Parker 2011
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McCain skips vote on amendment “To provide the Veterans Benefits Administration with additional resources to more effectively meet their increasing workload and to better address the unacceptably large claims backlog.”
McCain Watch: Yes Please, No Please | Living the Liminal 2008
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Retrieve the lure rapidly in skips and skitters over the tops of lily pads, along log edges, and above the weeds.
Bait and Switch 1999
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From there, you can also edit your existing filters to avoid having them Smart Labeled or change whether mail in a Smart Label skips your inbox which you can also do by just clicking on the label, then selecting or unselecting the checkbox in the top right corner...
CNET News.com 2011
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McCain Camp's Scheduling Conflicts: So, a McCain campaign bold-faced name skips on pre-planned appearance, citing scheduling troubles.
Daily Digest: Fighting for the Future of the Online Right 2008
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McCain Camp's Scheduling Conflicts: So, a McCain campaign bold-faced name skips on pre-planned appearance, citing scheduling troubles.
Daily Digest: Fighting for the Future of the Online Right Scola, Nancy 2008
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Where loading into skips is to be provided for, bins must be cut underneath and sufficient room be provided to shift the mine cars comfortably.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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