| 单词 | skid |
| 例句 | My shoe skidded off his ribs, hit the soft spot below. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z How were we supposed to know that semi was going to skid into a telephone pole? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I have known you since you were still leaving skid marks in your drawers. You think I don’t know when you’re lying to me?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And so Shin’s misery never skidded into complete hopelessness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Instead of bullets, dogs skid around the comer of the house and descend on me—a whole new set of scrawny, half-starved dogs, barking and growling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to a skidding stop by the depot and tumbled out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I dash down the boardwalk, skidding to a stop in front of the office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ophie watched as a white lady with smooth blond hair accidentally stepped on one, her heels skidding dangerously. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I fly out of my chair and Rubio flings out his long legs, stopping me before I skid past him and into the metal console. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She skidded down the hill on feet made clumsy from suppressed emotion, and sank down on the ground beside her mother’s grave, clutching her knees tight to her chest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But just before the truck rolled over my body and crushed me like an ant, it skidded to a stop. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Doors slammed, there was a landslide on the stairs, and we started skidding into the parlor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He skidded to a halt beside the tapestry of dancing trolls, closed his eyes, and began to walk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He skidded around the corner, his trainers slippery with blood; Snape had an immense head start. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It skidded across the floor and thudded against the dresser. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Black Betty skidded to a halt, and the SUV blew right by us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She came down onto him with terrific force and skidded to a stop. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She skids to a halt, but the blast still throws Shahira off her feet and sends her flying through the air. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I make a break for the door—but then I skid to a stop. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop, right on the edge. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There, one wheel struck a big boulder, bouncing that side of the cart so high that it turned over and skidded to a stop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The change in speed sent him stumbling across the border into one of the oily black pools, where he fell on his stomach and skidded out the other side in a plume of goo. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I can sense something out there, just beyond my grasp, hovering, waiting—and God help me if I’m not skidding toward it again, mouth open wide. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I kept spinning the rack faster and faster until it was a postcard tornado and the cards were sailing out of their holders and skidding across the floor. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The roads offered the wildest drives that I had ever known: nightmare traffic, brakes squealing, skidding cars, and horns blowing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The shoe stand was in skid row—a street of ancient buildings with cheap rooming houses and bars. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They both looked up in surprise when I skidded to a stop next to them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Well, his older brother got out of there the second he could. His shoes left skid marks on the doorstep,” Dad says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The moment our swords connected, Luke hit my hilt and sent my weapon skidding across the floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The second voice flew away and returned, skidding on the back of the owner of the first voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Bigger swung the skillet; it skidded over the floor, missing the rat, and clattered to a stop against a wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I need to see Professor Dumbledore!” said Harry, running back up the corridor and skidding to a standstill in front of Snape instead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Because of the Pleistocene extinctions, the Americas lacked animals suitable for domestication into beasts of burden; without animals to haul carts, individuals on rough terrain can use skids almost as effectively. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ranofer stopped so abruptly that a little cloud of dust rose from his skidding feet and he almost lost his balance. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "Nothing's too ruff for us!" shouts Nala from her perch on the left skid. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Behind the peach, skidding about all over the place in the peach juice, came the Mayor’s limousine, and behind the Mayor’s limousine came about twenty other limousines carrying all the important people of the City. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He rolled back the canopy on his plane and sent a flare skidding green across the sky, then ordered his radioman to tap out a battle cry. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The cycle of mounting and executing and moving on to the next project has skidded to a halt, and he cannot say why. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tonks landed in a long skid that sent earth and pebbles everywhere. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop as a bossling lunged in front of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Over in the frozen meadow, a satyr skidded on his hooves as he chased after a redheaded tree nymph. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The gale blows the shuttle forward, and we skid toward the lake. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Hazel skidded and rolled, the snow clinging to her, until the incline eased and released her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When I arrived, I lunged through the wide doorway and skidded to a stop. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Harry’s fists clenched as they watched Snape skid to a halt next to the tree, looking around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Hands yanked him down in time, the bullet skidding off the rock and into the gravel with a sharp hiss. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But Alec shot straight up before Mark reached him, startling him so much he almost skidded across the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Two Step let off three blasts as they skidded to a halt beside Mapper. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The crowd gasped and the man skidded to a stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Radar shot through the door and skidded across the floor. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She pushed higher and her foot skidded down the brick. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He shoved against his back foot and skidded along the ice, heading up the river. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The taxi slammed against the guardrail and skidded along with a horrible grinding noise. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Paganini, however, bolted from his shoebox and skidded to a stop at Taney’s feet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Hazel yelped a little, and the car skidded into the busy intersection and stopped. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop in the parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He braked, and skidded on the ice into the middle of the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z They skidded to a stop at the loveliest ball park in Chamisa County, the only ball park with a grass infield and outfield—in fact, the only ball field with grass, period. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The other two cucos rounded a corner, skidding and kicking up gravel and snow as they joined the first. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I put them there myself. Iremember now” She ran to the opening and skidded on her knees across the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z At that exact moment, Mama skidded into the foyer holding a bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Halfway there, he lost his footing and skidded the rest of the way. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Toward the end of his senior year at Permian he had had an accident in the school parking lot when he drove his motorcycle while drunk and skidded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop in the family room, almost slamming into his tall, wiry frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Harry ran the length of the room, skidded to a halt at the door of Kreacher’s cupboard, and wrenched it open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But they skidded to a stop at their owner’s barbed wire boundary, and sat there, howling and gnashing their teeth until he turned a corner. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Quinn slipped a photograph from its envelope, turned it like a playing card, and skidded it across the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They scurried out of the box, skidding in the vanilla cream, and leaped into the radiators. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Ripper came skidding into the room, barking madly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly the car leaped out of the parking spot and skidded across the wet street into a post supporting a wrought-iron balcony. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hers and the one to her right skidded off to the side as the poor beast collapsed with a squeal. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z For instance, right before I had my motorcycle accident I saw the whole thing happen: saw it in my mind-—the rain, the skid tracks, me lying there bleeding and my legs broken. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The older trees, which had been cut down a year or two before, were well dried out, and when Brian rolled and skidded them down to the lake he found that they floated well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z A cab skids past me, spraying an additional forty gallons of puddle water onto my pants—the only things, so far, that had remained relatively dry. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The moment work ends, I launch out the door of the building, skidding to a stop next to Morrie, the doorman. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I let down my legs, and we skid to a stop. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I go skidding forward like I’m on a sheet of ice. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The memory ends abruptly as Boomer flies up to me, skidding to a halt just as he reaches my chest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Friday night, we're free as anything, Hope and Dell's bikes skidding along Hall Street, my knees bumping hard against the handlebars of my red three-wheeler. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Big Henryk’s first wallop sent me skidding over the frozen ground like a sled on ice. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I saw a piece of branch go skidding by and simply jumped in after it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They skid into the bedroom with Izzie and the four of us play a round of Monopoly or Scrabble. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As he opened his car door, another car skidded to a stop behind him, blocking the exit. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In a fit of defeat, I threw both my phone and the dictionary to the ground, watching them skid and spin across the wet pavement. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I skid to a stop at the bottom of the staircase, at the same moment the front door opens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The gun flew out of Clyde’s hand and skidded across the concrete. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My boot skids slightly on a damp stair. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The wave grabbed her, pushed her over until it seemed the mast and sail were skidding along the surface of the water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looked out toward the frozen lake, he saw the dog that had been running with the woman skidding out on the lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z One rainy evening, the Blue Bird Inn skidded off the highway, plunged down an embankment, and flipped onto its roof. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Somehow, skidding through snow and sleet, they made it to town, but the hospital there was rural, unequipped to care for such a faint whimper of life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cab skids away, and I hold my bag close and shut my eyes and say a frantic prayer that it all goes off okay. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Silas kicks a chunk of ice, and it skids along the road. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The future Reverend, skidding on his heels, rigid with fear, applied his terrified lips to the ring on the Patriarch’s middle finger, leaving it wet with spit. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane skidded for two thousand feet, severing an oil pipeline and snapping pine trees, before falling into a ravine and bursting into flames. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I hit the brakes, and we start to skid. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We walked the two blocks to the store, stepping carefully trying to avoid the patches of ice, looking down, trying not to skid into a fall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It races back up the street and skids to a stop beside us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A weakly thrown apple grazed Gregor's back but skidded off harmlessly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “Youngblood, God bless you,” he mumbled, then bowed and skidded off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Luckily it is his shooting arm, because he drops his gun and it skids across the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We were nearly home, only a mile from Buck’s Peak, when Shawn cranked the wheel and the car skidded on the ice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The cabin was in sight; Harry skidded to the door, wrenched it open, and Hermione and Buckbeak flashed past him; Harry threw himself in after them and bolted the door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z To house construction workers while the road was going in, Yutan purchased three junked buses, outfitted each with bunks and a simple barrel stove, and skidded them into the wilderness behind a D-9 Caterpillar. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My flip-flop slips on some loose earth, and all at once I’m skidding downhill. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She took the turn at full skid and hurtled down the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He leaped down the staircase, three steps at a time, and skidded to a halt, searching for a way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Laia and I burst from the building and skid down a grassy slope. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The car skidded as I turned and the rosary my mom had hung on the rearview mirror knocked against the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She would work madly until she had not only caught up with but passed them all, and then she’d skid to a total halt. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z And we jump on down the hill, skidding on leaves and wet vines, using rocks as handholds as best we can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He’d practiced fast getaways, fantasized he was revving a powerful engine that left a skid mark and dust behind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mark skidded to a stop, his focus so intent on the onrushing crowd that he almost ran past the exit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her feet skidded ahead of her body and she lost her footing, plummeting to the ground and slamming into it hard enough to knock her breath out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop in front of his own room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The lifters found metal again, and thirty seconds later she came to a skidding halt at the end of the line. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The gun flew out of Clyde’s hand and skidded across the concrete. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was just starting his second “state bid,” he told me, having done numerous “skid bids” for turnstile jumping, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the students stifled cries; Ron had thrown himself backward and almost toppled off his seat as the spider skidded toward him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Two clouds bumped up above, skidding past each other, and let down a beam of light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My shoes skid nicely across the waxed floor, and all those nights in dark apartments, leading girls and learning the steps, have paid off. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon dove down and skidded to a halt, sending sprays of gravel in every direction. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He left Calamity to guard the books and the honey and raced outside, skidding to a stop right in front of the slanted structure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Two guards skidded to a stop and saluted them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ern slammed on the brakes and the Knight Bus skidded to a halt in front of a small and shabby-looking pub, the Leaky Cauldron, behind which lay the magical entrance to Diagon Alley. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He screamed and cursed as his bike skidded. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Doll sprang from sink to range, skidded and almost slipped, and picked up two rags to drag the cauldron off the heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He didn’t slow until the last second, paws skidding in the dirt, his butt sliding past as he lapped the stick up into his mouth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She gained precious time as the ridderak skidded to a halt, missing the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He skidded against the wood floor and slammed into the wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z El skids to a stop in front of me, panting. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tally spun her board sideways into a skid. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The burning sky crackled overhead as we slammed through the giant palace door and skidded to a stop in Nyame’s hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Harry, who had almost pelted headlong into the stands, skidded to a halt in midair, reversed, and zoomed back into the middle of the field. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There are dozens of pitched tent dwellings made of tarps and blankets and makeshift supports, like some sort of skid row. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Ophie skidded to a stop on the edge of the rose garden, chest heaving, breath coming hard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The wet dog skidded around a chair and knocked it over with a crash. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Before we even made it to the highway, the car was skidding all over the place, the tires spinning like they weren’t touching the ground. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The tub had a skid mark where the water drained out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The little blue windup mouse Hugo had taken fell from his hand, skidded across the counter, and landed on the floor with a crack. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop and dropped his own bike beside the others. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z On the return trip, the vehicle skidded through the friction of the increasingly dense atmosphere, building up heat that could reach 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I skid to a stop over loose stones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he sped back down the stairs and into the common room, skidding to a halt where Ron and Hermione sat, looking stunned. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It began to wind down so steeply that she had to dig her staff into the ground to keep from skidding. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He skidded to a halt and turned around. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The book of matches had skidded further, near the mast, and he found them only when he’d wasted moments crawling under the table to its other side. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The motion asserted that “there was no debris found, there were no skid marks, scuff marks, or gouge marks, and no evidence which could support the preparation of a diagram.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He leaped from the car while it was still skidding dangerously and hurtled up the flight of steps inside, where three men were busy at the instruments and the controls. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He bounced off sofas, knocked over chairs, and skidded into moving boxes. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Brutus leaped forward, skidded to a stop, danced about, and kicked over a chair, howling back. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo kicked free of Mendigo, sending the wooden puppet skidding across the floor, then rose to his knees and reached for Muriel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I brought in a ten-inch rainbow trout and skidded him up on the grass and knocked him on the head. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He skidded onto the shoulder as my dad, totally unaware, kept moving us forward. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He skids to a stop just in front of me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z On Post Street, where our house was, the hill skidded slowly down to Fillmore, the market heart of our district. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Elinor only just managed to wrench the steering wheel around before the car skidded off the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m . . . here . Harry panted, skidding to a halt in the mud and accidentally splattering Fleur’s robes. “Where have you been?” said a bossy, disapproving voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He’d just rounded a corner to the right when he slammed to a stop, his feet almost skidding out from under him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It skidded to a stop six meters to my right. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The car’s engine roared to life, and the fox skidded to a stop at the edge of the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was barking and his feet were skidding all over the polished Pick'It'Quick floor, and people were clapping and hollering and pointing. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Maya slapped it to a dead stop on the ground as a Lake Windsor fullback skidded past her; then she powered it into the back of the net. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It blew, and the car skidded side to side before the driver got control. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Then tires skidded to a halt behind the line of trucks and a car door slammed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They bounced and skidded, and Pinkie braced his hand against the dashboard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry skidded to a halt and looked around. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The moment the board banked, her dirty feet skidded across the surface, spinning her halfway around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop and smiled right at me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He skidded sideways and slammed into the corner of a barn, then fell in a heap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Arion rode the glacier like a highway, zipping across the ice, leaping crevices, and skidding down slopes that would’ve made a snowboarder’s eyes light up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The boot car skidded to a stop near the patio. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Charlie pushes through the swinging doors to the back of the bakery and sets down the bundle on one of the skids. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The fireball crashes into the ground at my side, but not before it skids across my right calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The car skidded, then rolled when the shoulder turned to cliff, a blurred, chopped nightmare where sound and light cut through us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z People turn and stare as I run to the next street corner, skidding to a stop to look both ways. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The madwoman skidded to a halt at the wall, letting Antain and Luna tumble from her back. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I barely raised my eyes until a car, passing with a thudding of skid chains whirled completely around on the ice, then turned cautiously and thudded off again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship tilted and our raft began to skid. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He nearly crashes into Zahra’s back as she skids to a stop in front of a door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He turned as Harry came skidding out onto the topmost stone step, panting hard, a searing stitch in his side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It threw up yellow dust for three skips and then skidded off. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He described having seen the truck ahead of his skid and go over a thousand-foot precipice; what was remarkable, he said, was the slowness with which it fell. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I grasped hold of the rope, toes skidding across the floor before I regained my balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He skids along the maze, looking which way to go, and we laugh when he gets himself in a dead end. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Something made of glass went skidding away across the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It skidded to a stop nearby, cut its siren, and a driver leapt out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Another couple dozen frogs, paid for by me and Stan, exploded under us before we skidded to a slippery stop. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As she passed the meager trail branching from the road, Kendra skidded to a halt. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The lawyer stopped; the pig skidded to a halt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Creatures of every sort zigzag, bolt, scream, swing, gallop, grunt, and whinny; they are everywhere, swinging on ropes and slithering up poles, hiding under wagons, pressed against sidewalls, and skidding across the center. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As it skids down the steep, irregular terrain in fits and starts, the mass of ice splinters into a jumble of huge, tottering blocks called seracs, some as large as office buildings. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z By winter he was back in the woods with Charlie McDonald, cutting cottonwoods, chaining them to the draft horses, and skidding them out of the woods in snow and sleet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then I hear a car skid into the driveway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The car had skidded on the glassy hill up to the asylum and backed, with one wheel over the rim of the drive, into a steep drift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, hoping the plane isn’t going to skid off into the ocean. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I stood on the bank of the green dark water, and my thoughts skidded like the water spiders. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The slope was slick with wet grass, and they slipped and skidded, their feet sliding out from under them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We skidded to a halt in front of the exhibition center, and the driver helped me with the box and we went running to my display area. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The sled reached the bottom of the hill and flew several more feet before skidding out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He skidded into the main mast with a numbing impact. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Stumbled, skidded, and fell, soaking myself in the puddles of gasoline. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z My palms are sweating like crazy, but the jeweled dress isn't absorbent and they skid right of if I try to dry them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They rushed over the path to the bank of the river and skidded down the last yards of incline, muddying their shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Frank tackled his friends, and the three of them skidded across the cavern, landing at the edge of the ghost’s tunnel as rocks and spears flew overhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he was waist high, the crutches skidded out on the mud-slimed stones, so he speared them over to the far bank and dived in. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Behind them, the ogress skidded to a halt and changed direction, coming after them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I kept riding for a while, but I couldn’t shake the weirdness, so I skidded out and picked up my skateboard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall, deputy headmistress and Head of Gryffindor House, had come dashing out of the Great Hall; she skidded on the wet floor and grabbed Hermione around the neck to stop herself from falling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I look around for the skid, but there’s none. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The crowd parts, and a tattooed guy rolls in on a skateboard, skidding to a stop in front of the service desk. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Digger was in his front yard, shooting baskets with his little brother, Hank, when I skidded to a halt on my bike. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Brightbill swooped down and skidded to a stop between the robot and the bears. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Of course, when the animal struck the smooth ice its legs splayed and it skidded, unable to regain its balance, no longer able to flee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He skids to a stop in front of us and holds out a piece of candy for each of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Dazed, feeling as though his ribs were broken, Harry tried to stand up; he could hear it growling as it skidded around for a new attack. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We skid into a nest with a pair of soldiers, hunching down behind the barrier. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The dogs skidded to a halt and stared at her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped, dropped to the ground, and skidded on her wings and undercoverts to a low spot where she finally stopped. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A kid watching a baseball practice—nothing could be more normal, yet his heart skidded. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Lady Meng followed, and they skidded and stumbled in panic on the snow-covered streets. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The bookcase skidded to a screeching halt, blocking Kyle’s path forward. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I rushed out of the tent at full speed, skidded into my camp, and grabbed up all my belongings. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The rain really started coming down as the bus skidded out of the gravel parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sideways it skidded through the air, hit an outcropping and flipped; turning several somersaults and bursting into flame, the backhoe sailed down trailing a brilliant fantail of sparks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times he fell but was on his feet again in the next breath, stumbling, tripping, skidding in a headlong descent. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Charles skidded down the hill, barefoot, still in his bathrobe, Francis at his heels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Like the day before, it skidded off the top comic and onto the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Fadi skidded around the corner, ripping the head off a paper turkey in his haste. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Any other kid would have hopped on the bike immediately and taken it for a full block skid. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We skidded to a stop in front of the office and Faith cut the engine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The Assassin skidded to a stop and slammed her gloved fist into one of the crates. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He skidded to a halt in time; the pitchfork stuck in the ground just before him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The rear wheels spun sand and pebbles against the fenders, and the truck skidded and swerved back on the pavement. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The car skidded over gravel on the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My little brother, Javier, skids to a stop when we emerge from the camouflage of the cedar canopy to an open field of green. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Suspension cords whipped around, and I skidded halfway back to Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Crookshanks skidded to a halt, crouched low on his bandy legs, and started making furious swipes beneath it with his front paw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It felt, sometimes, as though she were frozen inside the moment that she'd skidded to a halt at the sound of those screams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the same moment, the van shot off, the wheels skidding over the surface of the road. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Safa laughed and skipped, tripping on the edge of our rug and skidding headfirst into the table. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Anya skidded to a stop and gaped upward, watching the tarp swing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The skid delayed for a year the reunion with his father. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They skid to a halt at my thighs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The bottom skidded to one side like somebody had kicked its legs out from under it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She hit the ground hard, skidding on her palms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She tried to follow me, dragging Laleh, who skidded across the tile floor on her rubber soles, but the officer held up his hand, careful not to touch her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I skidded into him at the library door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At last there was a sound of voices outside; the truck lurched, skidding on an ice-patch, and set off again. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It sounds to me like you just took a little skid on a wet street.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Madan’s skids lifted from the glacier, he nosed the aircraft forward, dropped like a stone over the lip of the Icefall, and disappeared into the shadows. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When he rounded the next corner, he skidded to a halt at the sight in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But the silver car unexpectedly fishtailed around, skidding to a stop with the passenger door open just a few feet from me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop using his high-top sneakers, right at Vonetta’s feet. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His pacing skidded to a jerky halt, and I suddenly felt embarrassed, not sure why I’d said that. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Her knees skidding across the floor, her hand reaching for her weapon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It slammed into the wet asphalt and skidded in a shower of sparks for about half a mile before coming to a stop. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It sent up a triumphant hoot as it skidded to a halt and a team of burly fellows with ash-stained faces leapt off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Jimmy took a broom handle and smacked one of the cats hard, skidding it halfway across the yard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It skidded through the grass, bursting into orange flame and whistling: WOO! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He danced to the side to escape, skidding on the railing, almost falling. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Rita, Kuda and the Mellower dashed around, knocking over chairs, skidding on the wet floor and banging into the distraught robots, who were trying to clean up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The honey tin skidded to a halt next to the three-legged coffee table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The breeze welcomes them, skidding over the surface of my skin, raising hair after hair, tingling, awakening every exposed inch of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He was dashing through the playground when he spotted Palmer and Dorothy and skidded to a halt. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He covers his face as he hits the ice, skidding a great distance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It skidded a quarter of a mile before it could come to a stop. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We skidded into the living room and tumbled onto the rug in front of the radio. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It dropped to the floor, skidded, and rolled under her dressing table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Stepping deeper into the sanctuary, my foot skidded in a slick patch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “That’s it. Tectonic plates. It’s like when they go riding, when North America goes skidding into South America, you don’t want to be in the middle. You dig me?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Ishmael threaded past without stopping and swiveled, skidding—a little gleefully, his stomach leaping—onto Center Valley Road. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But on a snowy night in the early 1980s, a car skidded into a stanchion, which hit him in the back. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He tucked it into his shirt pocket and sent pennies, nickels, and dimes skidding across the floor as he concentrated on quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He was picking up speed, skidding downhill like a bobsled. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But of more immediate importance was the dark blue van that was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But on Wednesday afternoon, he skids straight off the edge. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We quickly descended, and before the forebear reached the floor, I hopped off and skidded to a stop next to Ayanna. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The car had flipped and skidded for several hundred feet before exploding. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop in front of his own room. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He slipped and skidded on the wet grass and Lydia pounced. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Tally ran until she reached the fire, skidding to a halt against its cushion of heat and smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z By grabbed Joey’s hand and started pulling her along with him, but she skidded her feet in the dirt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She bites down on the chopper's skids and locks her jaws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her hands skidded on the ground and her knee bumped up against a rock, tearing the leg of her jeans. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The Jeep skidded to a halt and the other two cars flashed past him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He moved in closer to shore, skidding along. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The skateboard flew from her hands and skidded into the street, where a car, horn blaring, rolled over it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She ran in the direction of the voices, racing blindly across the rough wood floor until she skidded to a stop at the end of the passageway. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z An old-model car tooted its horn and skidded to a stop a few yards beyond me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back toward them, astonished that even among skid row derelict joints they had “separate facilities.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as they slipped and skidded across the icy deck, screaming and plunging into the water like human raindrops. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Paganini zigzagged his way out of the living room, skidded on the wood floor, and found Panda-Laney with no problem. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I sprinted to the bridge, covering the distance in a few steps, and skidded to a stop next to Ayanna. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Seth kicked a stone, sending it skidding into the woods. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The bus was a little late, and Mr. Haskell skidded the back tires in the new snow when he stopped for us. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He rolled over the bar and skidded down the inside of the chain link, not bothering to look for footholds. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His feet skidded across the stones banking the tracks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I told him I investigated the accident and that you just skidded on a wet street.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He skidded to a stop, realizing his driver’s-side door was open. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She skidded out of her chair and was gone, back upstairs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She had learned, with Izzy’s birth, how your life could trundle along on its safe little track and then, with no warning, skid spectacularly off course. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He did not stop when he got to Main but turned immediately left instead, skidding a little, in the direction of Center Valley Road. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Almost giddy with success, I run through the halls, skidding around corners, bounding down the steps because the elevator’s too slow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In his thoughts were vestiges of old skid roads and forgotten farm paths that bled into vales of ghost fern and hollows filled with skunk cabbage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As I skidded around the corner, something happened. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He skidded across the deck until his life line caught him short with a jolt. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop and tugged down the brim of my cap to conceal my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He stood shivering in the night, looking back out as the beetle ran by and skidded back to the centre of the avenue, whirling laughter in the air all about it, gone. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z In horror he watched the mast skid lower and still lower until he knew he had to do something, anything. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I give chase, skidding to a stop in front of Mama’s darkened doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In the closest lane, another car skids to a stop, and the car behind it narrowly misses rear-ending it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z In the end Brian did get him to skid—about three inches at a time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He skids around the corner and into the living room. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I do a quick U-turn and skid away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We piled up behind them, tripping and skidding to a halt. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Sunbird skidded along the slick pavement as she wrestled the wheel, trying to keep us on the road and in our lane and away from the car in front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mini wrestled with the cloak, her feet skidding across the floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The bus skids to a stop and kicks up dust and rocks all over me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He pushed through the doors in a sprint, skidding into the nearly empty bar. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Behind the Amity Harbor Elementary School, a girl of seven bending over to pack a snowball was rammed from behind by a boy skidding down a hill on a piece of cardboard box. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A moment later, we heard the engine of the police car scream to life and tires skidding in the dirt, scaring our chickens into a bunch of squawking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Just as quickly, the waiters, cooks, salad master, souffle maker and dishwashers skidded to a halt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I skidded to a stop at the edge of the road and swallowed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I kicked a rock that skidded to a stop just in front of the priest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The driver of the van skidded sideways and hit the back of the second semi, police said. 2 dead in chain-reaction crash on Dan Ryan 2012-02-24T13:47:00Z A spray-can-wielding robot, by local artist Skid Robot, is meant to bring awareness about the skid row area and homelessness. How these 75-plus murals have turned three L.A. alleys into an outdoor art gallery 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z In Petoskey, which sits on a bluff overlooking Little Traverse Bay, a warm breeze swept off the lake and wheeled and skidded through the streets. When Hemingway Was a Young Fisherman in Michigan 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Most New York storefront establishments were on the Bowery, which had long since became a skid row, with a reputation for crime. ‘Tattooed New York’: Mohawk Chiefs, Bowery Denizens, Inking Artists 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Computerized beats bounce along steadily, then suddenly skid rapidly ahead or stretch like virtual taffy. Too Pop? Too Weird? A.G. Cook of PC Music Is Stepping Out on His Own 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In the present, Maleficent confronts Cruella, who skids to a stop to avoid hitting the all-powerful sorceress. 'Once Upon a Time': Cruella De Vil is the worst 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z She finally ventured out to her clothing store, only to be bombarded by paparazzi: “Are you going to pick Lamar up from skid row tonight, Khloe?” one yells. ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ and addiction: It’s complicated 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Gentle bossa nova chords accompany Reyez as she sings about murderous jealousy in “Intruders”; “Deaf” is a revenge taunt set to skidding, sliding, disorienting electronics. Jessie Reyez Is Yelling and Loving at the Same Time 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z We skid to a stop within sight of the Green River and the incongruously bright hues of the cottonwood leaves and brush along its shores. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z You think of them as these great legends and you find out they only had five or six good years and then kind of hit the skids. Jerry Seinfeld Rarely Laughs While He’s Reading 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Rock the Bells was still evolving to include a younger generation of artists when, in 2013, for its tenth-anniversary show, it skidded to an unexpected end due to low ticket sales. The Quest for the Next Great Hip-Hop Festival 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z When he climbed out of the cab of a skid loader, and I saw his face, my body warmed. Seeking a Father for My Child (Relationship Optional) 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “Mississippi Grind” co-stars Ryan Reynolds, whose career has lately been skidding downward. Sundance 2015: Ryan Reynolds and Noah Baumbach Draw Mixed Verdicts 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z He found himself homeless soon afterward, drifting through downtown Los Angeles’s skid row, emaciated and covered in abscesses. The Malibu Juice Magnate 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Still alive, it skidded down my bedroom wall, its broken legs leaving a greasy smear. I’m terrified of the cicada onslaught 2013-05-20T23:45:00Z I find so much inspiration from the Historic Core and skid row. How Venus Williams, ice skating and pita bread inspire Los Angeles artist Kori Newkirk 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Just a few weeks after college graduation, Jack Henry Robbins accepted the invitation of a homeless man and rode a city bus with him from Santa Monica to skid row. 'Storied Streets' a family project, with Susan Sarandon guiding the way 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Local deputies say that on Saturday, two cars, including Howe’s white Lexus, “abruptly” stopped in front of Jenner’s vehicle, and that skid marks indicate Jenner tried to stop. How not to write about the Bruce Jenner car accident 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z His role of Günther Bachmann, middle-aged German intelligence officer on the skids, did not allow for enduring love or any other kind. John le Carré on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z But the skidding economy got in the way and the project was put on hold. Recent cuts at OCMA not a retreat, head of museum's trustees says When a couple hits the skids, the paperwork is often already being drawn up by the time the rest of the world finds out they were even having trouble. Courteney Cox's messy, relatable estrangement 2011-04-14T19:30:00Z Another time, he skidded in a gravelly car park, which fired fragments of shale in the direction of my car. Alan Partridge on Noel Edmonds – ‘He is a total wazzock and I cannot stand him’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Add to that the advancing age of its most loyal readers and the embrace by mainstream media outlets of articles about black people and black culture, and Johnson Publishing’s fortunes skidded. Desir?e Rogers, Post Crash 2010-10-01T21:16:00Z Ratings continued to skid, and "Good Morning America" became the number one program later in 2012. Ann Curry leaves NBC News to form her own production company 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z But he does not necessarily see “The Nightly Show” as a lesson to be learned from or a skid to steer out of as he figures out “Wilmore.” Larry Wilmore Doesn’t Miss Late Night, but He’s Back Anyway 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But that was before Josie’s car skidded off the road and slammed into a guardrail. ‘Days of Awe’ review: A novel of grief and humor 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z That darkness doesn’t abate, not even when some of the women return to more or less normal lives and skid toward middle age. ‘Yellowjackets’ Leans in to Savagery 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He polishes his images to a high gloss, an unfortunate choice for the World War II killing fields in “Atonement” and the skid row in “The Soloist,” another of his films. | 'Hanna': Daddy?s Lethal Girl Ventures Into the Big, Bad World 2011-04-07T21:24:34Z “For L.A., she’s thinking about where we are as an institution, and downtown Los Angeles, and our proximity to skid row, a national tragedy.” What to see at the new Institute of Contemporary Art in DTLA 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The curse of the sophomore slump strikes, leaving a once-promising talent on the skids, their initial flickers of greatness now called into question. The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Already 44, Margo knows the skids are greased with despair in the theater, and she pours all her private desperation into this wretched play. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Then a busload of guests skidded off the road and had to be winched to safety by rescue services. How we stay together: we debate absolutely everything – but we fight fair 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Recent policing strategy on skid row rehabilitates few of the neighborhood’s disadvantaged residents but harasses and incarcerates many and disrupts their own self-help efforts. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “My robe is smeared across the floor like a skid mark” offers Anna, as well as “thoughts tumble-drying in my brain.” ‘The Woman in the Window’ Nods to Classics Old and New, From Hitchcock to ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z My close encounter was with a rooster-sized blue grouse that seemed unconcerned when I skidded to a stop to watch it bob slowly into the brush. After the fires: Autumn beauty and mountain-biking in Winthrop 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z There is another positive, which I point out to the antisocial Mr. David: Social life has skidded to a halt. Larry David, Master of His Quarantine 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z There are breathtaking views as you skid and slide around multiple turns and banks. Great snowy breaks around the world: readers’ travel tips 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Voices are pitched up; arrangements skid through changes of beat, texture, direction and volume, with the speed and arbitrariness of digital editing run amok. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z “The horror of the internment was harrowing,” said Takei, whose family was uprooted from its Los Angeles home and wound up living on that city’s skid row after the war. ‘The Terror’ Summons the Ghosts of a Real-Life Horror Story 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z They’re feigning a good time to lure her to the party, but in the process their own drug and alcohol problems skid into view. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z As the jury’s progress skids to a halt and the case collapses into mistrial, a steady narrative begins to build behind the scenes. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 7: Gender Dynamics 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z One of the mini-golf obstacles looks at skid row in the context of Los Angeles in general, while another maps what it might look like once all the rezoning is done. An art group's mini-golf links take on L.A. zoning, density and Trump's Palos Verdes golf course 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Here are some ideas: Developmental psychologist Gordon Neufeld suggests “turning into the skid,” which here means that you can let the children know that you are going to help them sleep in their beds. What to do when your kid can’t fall asleep without you in the room 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Banshee is a big action-delivery machine, starting from a ludicrously summer-movie-like chase scene that ends with an overturned truck skidding Michael Bay–style across a Manhattan avenue. TV Tonight: Banshee 2013-01-11T15:56:45Z NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The returned to the city where it all began in an attempt to end their mind-numbing losing skid and left in an even deeper hole. Reeling Blackhawks lose 9th in row 2012-02-15T03:35:00Z In the picture window behind him, we see something the man doesn’t notice: a truck skidding by, fast and upside down, trailing fiery dust. REVIEW: The Rover Goes Weirdly Western Down Under 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Dress at Midnight Mission was, of course, varied, sometimes surprisingly so, with some members of skid row finely decked out. 'The Messiah' from opposite ends of the economic spectrum 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z I am skidding around with two children and three part-time jobs. I am in emotional and financial freefall after my husband left me | Dear Mariella 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z This includes the impending rezoning of skid row, issues of density, and the ways in which powerful developers often find ways to do end runs around zoning laws. An art group's mini-golf links take on L.A. zoning, density and Trump's Palos Verdes golf course 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The men seem trapped on a mountain and decide to leap for their lives, rolling and skidding down while coming into brutal contact with rocks, trees and more along the way: The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Sound Editing for ‘Lone Survivor’ 2014-02-27T13:30:56Z It was exhilarating and cathartic to skid jagged laps around a parking lot, as if I were a gleeful child playing a frenzied game of go-kart. License to Not Drive 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z To judge from Stuart’s fascinating account, Los Angeles should similarly reform, but not abandon, its efforts to rehabilitate both skid row and its residents. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z She plays Gina, a taxi driver and illegal immigrant who saves Neeson's character from drowning after her cab skids off a bridge into a river. Diane Kruger takes action turn in "Unknown" 2011-02-18T16:12:14Z You could skid out of control or go over the top with “Matilda,” but this staging rides a tight line. Review | The revolting children have comic bite in ‘Matilda the Musical’ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z In April 1990, when both the economy and his marriage were on the skids, Trump opened his Taj Mahal casino. It’s 5 o’clock. Do you know where your president is? 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z With his long legs and fiercely carved profile he's a master of traditional flamenco; but his mercurial body also flickers through skidding cartoon comedy, ballerina delicacy and exotic stillness. Israel Galván – review 2013-03-26T18:11:27Z Of course, it's also important that the prime minister have some sympathy for all the non-doms and oligarchs who are hitting the skids – poor lambs. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Eyes on the road, I pushed up, past evergreens and a waterfall that skidded down a mountain like a vein. A Rookie’s Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Most stunning of all was a plague of mice that descended on Streaky Bay, Australia: thousands of them, so thick that people were reluctant to drive for fear of skidding off the road. Television: 10 TV Shows You Wish You?d Seen 2011-12-17T05:09:09Z "But we weren't eager to leave. There weren't skid marks on our driveway." Robert deMaine's sobering journey to be L.A. Phil's principal cellist 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z "Everybody senses that the number of freeway encampments has gone up," said Adam Murray, executive director of the Inner City Law Center, a legal organization located in skid row. What those homeless camps along L.A.'s freeways mean for a public space once above it all 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Maybe existence is like a slow spin on black ice and they forgot to turn their wheels in the direction of the skid. Two Lifetime Crooks Wait for a Missing Daughter, With Shades of Beckett 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But “Shin’s misery never skidded into complete hopelessness,” Mr. Harden writes in typically plain, forthright style. Books of The Times: ?Escape From Camp 14,? by Blaine Harden 2012-04-11T21:17:16Z “American Heart” captures the grit and despair of living on skid row in America. The 10 most watchable films with “American” in the title 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Matt Smith – I had the happiness of interviewing him once, when he confided that all the tweeds are costumed but he always brings his own boots – skidded about in them with increasingly confident lunacy. Doctor Who – review 2013-03-30T19:00:04Z Maybe you want to lean into the skid and embrace the inevitable ugly political conversation at your Thanksgiving dinner. Drama-free Thanksgiving: alternative movie marathons for every taste 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The tent cities in Los Angeles’s skid row have distinct neighborhoods, and across from a homelessness center, the bodies on the sidewalk are four rows deep. Where America’s Fight for Housing Is an All-Out War 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Across the tracklist, his rapping feels petty and aimless, while the motley rhythms supporting his voice lurch and skid. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The guides secured our skis and board in a basket attached to one skid as the rest of us piled in. Near Idaho’s Sun Valley, choppers give intrepid skiers an all-access pass 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z With the devilish “Rocking Pot” of that year, an upside-down bowl riddled with holes and affixed to skids, he flouted the idea that a well-made piece of ceramic art should be a stable, leakproof container. Peter Voulkos, an Influential Sculptor Who Broke the Rules 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Throwing this into sharper relief, the expedition is hinged over the 1929 Wall Street Crash; Byrd returns to an America on the skids toward full-blown depression. 'The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica' doesn't quite deliver on the glitter of its premise 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Allen, tells this tale with an antic disposition, like a Le Carré novel sent skidding on a banana peel. ‘Who’s Your Baghdaddy’ Review: The Iraq War Set to Backpack Rap 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z While war is raging in Europe and frenzy is biting the air, Edgar and his daughters are desperately on the skids in L.A., wondering in what shoe the next nest egg will be buried. ‘Lucky Us,’ by Amy Bloom, America’s Victor Hugo A bicycle built for 20 and Jockey shorts: With both, telltale skid marks can indicate an internal mechanical problem. Style Invitational Week 1352: Hee-rotica 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But a Manchester terrier jumped up on his exhibitor, leaving a skid mark of mud on her skirt. This year’s Westminster Dog Show was unlike any other — at a castle, with grass sticking to fur 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Stuart recommends greater toleration of skid row lifestyles and encourages community activist efforts, such as photographing and litigating police abuses. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “I might as well head down to skid row and sell plasma,” Jimmy moans to Chuck, lamenting the fact that the two of them are going broke. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Sleazy lawyer's twisted saga begins 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Among this year’s recipients is the Los Angeles Poverty Department, a performance art group dedicated to homeless people and located in downtown L.A.’s skid row. Rauschenberg Foundation announces grants for art projects about incarceration 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z But adolescence is a wet street, where skidding is likely and the car sometimes feels entirely weightless. How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z The back story is mostly transmitted through picture postcard imagery, her handsome engineer husband's untimely death, the grief-stricken young widow skidding off the road in a freak snowstorm. 'The Age of Adaline' a stylish affair of the heart and chance 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z To transport the sandstone blocks to the new federal city, skids — or what were sometimes called “stone boats” — were pulled by oxen to a wharf. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z I love to just get in a car and go out and do 360s or Hollywood skid turns going around a corner. ‘It’s Not for Wimps’: 8 Stuntwomen Reflect on Their Careers 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He's the lead villain, and it's the first major film he's appeared in for over a decade, his personal life and career having hit the skids some 15 years ago. Jean-Claude Van Damme: 'I tried to play the system; I was blacklisted' 2012-08-10T22:44:55Z Indeed, “Temptation Island” became synonymous with the worst of unscripted reality in the Aughts, even though the genre was yet to hit an oil patch and skid right into “Fear Factor.” Why "Temptation Island" is back and "90 Day Fiancé" is having a moment 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z It skimmed the top of the water in a skidding motion and I could tell the animal was more than six feet long. Paddlers don’t have to look far to find stellar kayak excursions in the Mid-Atlantic 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z There was the guy, who after he left, I noticed had left skid marks on the bed sheets. Asymmetric love, part one: I'm going to tell him how I feel 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Later she finds herself on a shadowy urban skid row and, succumbing to despair, takes drugs. Cornerstone Theatre's nine-play cycle on hunger in America finds its inspiration in Mozart 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Sometimes I only skidded down a few steps – gravity problems, I used to joke – and then a few times I sailed to the bottom like a rag doll. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z She was still flushed from her performance as a star on the skids in Terrence McNally’s name-dropping satire, “It’s Only a Play.” Stockard Channing and Friends Usher in a New Chelsea Bar 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The crow bounces and skids over my head. Tim Dowling: I’m American, I can handle a heatwave. Right? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Her career was in danger of hitting the skids, as she seemed content to sleepwalk through a series of middling comedies. The Morning Show: TV so excellent it will make you totally resent Friends 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Tesla Motors may put the skids on Nevada's fledgling film program. Nevada's Tesla tax package could slash funds for state's film program 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z More important, therapeutic policing may be capable of reform, as Stuart’s account of a group of skid row body builders suggests. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Mangold plunges into his action sequences as if he were auditioning to helm the next Jason Bourne movie, sending a dozen spinning, skidding cars through Boston's tunnels and over its bridges. Knight and Day: Tom Cruise's Charm Offensive 2010-06-24T08:15:00Z With reckless athleticism, Kline executed a slip-slide across the length of the stage, skidding to a halt in Danner’s astonished embrace. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z Her mother died, her marriage with Bruce Willis hit the skids. Sabattical Done, Demi Moore Returns 2010-04-16T23:12:00Z The band’s tour bus skidded over a patch of black ice in rural Sweden and rolled off the road. Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “There were 28 recognizable pieces and hundreds of smaller fragments,” he added, and skid marks on the torso where it slid across the patio floor. Recreating Adam, From Hundreds of Fragments, After the Fall 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z "White people were coming out of the theater feeling good about Atticus and... blocks away you had black children's bodies skidding in the streets," Shields said. Atticus Finch a racist? There goes the ideal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z This event marked a turning point in the centuries-long struggle between the two nations, as it put the skids on France’s rise and saved Britain. England’s castles and manors have a story to tell 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Creatively and critically they're on the skids, but commercially, the marriage is still convenient. Romcoms: the end of the affair? 2012-02-11T00:01:00Z Kyle, whose career is on the skids, or her pilot husband, Teddy, whose breezy manner conceals shattered nerves? Flare Path ? review 2011-03-13T14:33:52Z Plasma-buying companies tend to set up shop around prisons and skid rows. ‘Nine Pints’ Is a Brisk Biography of Blood 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z He fell, crumpling onto the bay window roof, slithered crossways, scrabbling at the tiles, and skidded over the edge. Extract: Moon Pie by Simon Mason 2011-07-29T09:59:02Z The installation, for example, looks at the ways in which the city’s landscape could evolve under the new plans — in particular, for skid row. An art group's mini-golf links take on L.A. zoning, density and Trump's Palos Verdes golf course 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But it also registers on screen — as when Wilee, like a groovier or at least thinner Fred Flintstone, skids to a stop using only his skill and sneakered feet — as the ultimate in authenticity. Movie Review: ‘Premium Rush,’ Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2012-08-23T19:30:55Z The final scene, my memorable scene, has Wilder sitting on the sidewalk on skid row drinking a bottle of Woolite. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Yet, on the day, this plan fell apart completely, its individual components skidding out of reach in previously undiscovered directions. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Social media initially functions as the grease in the wheels of her pastel-hued society, but soon it’s just a huge oil slick on the road, and Lacie skids right into it. Black Mirror: the five best episodes so far 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z A gut-churning hour and a half later we are finally skidding back into land. A masterclass in Mexican food culture from the country's leading chef 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Its curtain-call finale, in which the dancers slide, skid and spin in onstage puddles, was among the most exhilarating releases of sheer movement in my memory. Dance Review: Pilobolus Puts 4 Decades of Dance on Display 2013-07-10T21:43:59Z Homeland hit the creative skids, faltering with critics, and lost all its must-see-TV heat. Showtime no more: why the cable channel lost its way and how to fix it 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z But the minute Lynn jammed her foot on the brake, sending the car skidding to a screeching halt, his mind went blank in a burst of pure terror. The great Moon-rock heist - extract 2011-07-08T21:59:00Z For the first time this series, tonight's episode was equally interested in all parties, as everyone slipped and skidded around, unsuccessfully trying to save their own skins. The Thick of It: lines of the week – episode five 2012-10-13T21:00:00Z A boy on a Jet Ski skidded in circles on the Rio Grande below the bridge. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z I skidded to a stop in the middle of the road, er, path, to study the map. In northern Arizona, ups and downs in the land of canyons 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Trapped between our hands is a pen, tracing lines on the paper we've placed on the table, marking the restless skids and scratches of our ungainly Ouija-board-meets-broken-seismograph collaboration. Tim Etchells on performance: learning your lines 2010-10-26T14:53:00Z The singer's wounded sounds skid over drones and slaps on Wayward Ho, the standout track. Sidsel Endresen/Stian Westerhus: Didymoi Dreams – review 2012-08-09T20:48:01Z Each episode flows and skids among surrealistic short films, satirical sketches, animated fantasias, blurts of essayistic journalism, and blips of documentary, such that the season amounts to a confrontational art installation about blackness and negritude. My Favorite TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Dauphin Island, connected to the mainland by a disconcertingly long bridge, was hit so hard by Hurricane Georges in 1998 that entire houses went skidding across the sand like errant beach umbrellas. Trump warned Alabama about Dorian. So we sent someone to cover the ‘hurricane.’ 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Armour was mostly impenetrable; if you had curved bits of steel, even a tempered arrow would skid off them. Game of Thrones: how to win – by the British army and other experts 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z So he practiced in his family’s basement, skidding into the hot water boiler and the coal bin as he attempted to perfect his stride. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z I sat, on a well-positioned perch, with the ability to grease the skids, to put my thumb on the scale — pick whatever cliché you like. In health care access, doctor privilege is real. This is how it works 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z We’ve been told that the skids have been greased for him to return to America if he so chooses; might Brona’s death be enough to nudge that along? What to Look for in the 'Penny Dreadful' Finale on Sunday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Stahl had been spotted in the skid row area of Los Angeles last week, and his wife had said she believed drugs may have played a part in his disappearance. Missing actor Nick Stahl enters rehab: reports 2012-05-20T20:16:56Z Their conversation was soon skidding off the rails. Jokes and Pranks Pave the Way For Love 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The music keeps flying off the skids, erupting with spiraling passagework and taking jerky detours. Music Review: Jeremy Denk Performs in Peoples’ Symphony Series 2014-04-13T19:23:23Z The marriage hit the skids and then, a while later, so did the career. Top bunk for $30 a day: Life inside one of Airbnb’s modern boardinghouses 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Once, he pushed a large block of ice through the streets, skidding and sliding till all that was left was a dirty pebble melting on the greasy tarmac. Francis Al?s treads the thin green line 2010-06-14T20:30:00Z The pilot then pushed the nose down hard, leveling it off before the pontoons skidded over the water’s surface. Sri Lanka, Admired From Above 2014-03-18T07:29:47Z I skidded across three lanes into the grassy median on the other side, spinning 180 degrees and blowing out a tire. I won big on "Jeopardy!" So why does it still haunt me? 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z Artists, designers and game developers contribute to the vibrant, creative energy of what used to be called Skid Road, where timber workers skidded logs down steep hills. Seattle’s First Downtown, Reimagined 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Invited one evening to a dinner gala, the guests find themselves winding and skidding up a steep, icy mountain road at night in buses they fear will overturn at any instant. In ‘Natural Opium,’ a Tourist Attuned to Every Indignity 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The first game of the Hawks’ skid was to the Predators on Jan. 21 in Nashville. Reeling Blackhawks lose 9th in row 2012-02-15T03:35:00Z Turning the Vespa — perhaps a hair too fast — into the driveway, we skidded on the loose gravel and toppled to the ground, the scooter pinning my leg under the still-running and gravel-spewing machine. Vineyards by Vespa 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z It slammed into another vehicle, causing it to veer off, then they both skidded to a halt. Experience: I saved a man while dressed as Santa 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Coupled with her drug addiction, the teenager's breakdowns sometimes lead to intense moments where she skids out of control. How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z It's called For Ellen, and is about a stumbling, slurring rock'n'roller, complete with chipped black nail varnish, on the skids and far from home, who staggers into a nameless, snow-covered small town. For Ellen: director So Yong Kim on how she snared her star Paul Dano 2013-02-11T21:00:01Z Johnny Earl is a former major league baseball prospect with “the morals of an alligator” who hit the skids and did a prison stint after lapsing into the region’s remaining thriving business: drug-dealing. Is there a cure for Rust Belt rhetoric? This witty little novel might be a start. 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Overspray in the painting bays gradually accumulated on the tracks and skids on which vehicles rested while they were painted. Design: Your Earrings Remind Me of Grandma’s Gran Torino 2013-08-23T20:48:30Z For example, the Streets or Services program offers some people arrested in skid row on quality-of-life charges a choice: Go to court and then probably to jail, or enter a 21-day rehabilitation program. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Now when I see people on skid row nodding in doorways, I am forced to question myself. Books of The Times: ?Holidays in Heck,? by P. J. O?Rourke - Review 2011-11-29T23:13:18Z In “Poem for Myself for My Birthday” he writes, “this time my birthday’s a tractor-trailer skidding sideways on ice and I’m noodling by on my bike.” Books of The Times: Poems on Mortality by C. K. Williams and Cynthia Cruz 2012-12-31T19:22:03Z “We lived on skid row in downtown Los Angeles and that, to us, was terrifying,” Takei says. George Takei is giving 70 years of his belongings to a museum. Here he gives a sneak peek 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He skidded across the stage looking so terrified that the audience barely laughed. Is Hollywood ready for the brilliant weirdness of Lakeith Stanfield? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He arrived about half an hour later, bolting past me then banging a hard U-turn and skidding to a stop in front of the hotel. My reading from hell: A writer's road to self-promotion is paved with live, in-person disasters 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The work was panned as emblematic of a hugely important artist hitting the skids. Kerry James Marshall's paintings insist on black self-representation 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The restrained Mr. Malloy is also very good at suggesting the inner life of a decent man who could easily have skidded into sad-sackdom. Review: ‘Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon’ Is Old-School Drama 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A tour bus hit the trailer of the truck, then another semi, the two cars and the van skidded into the wreckage, authorities said. 2 dead in chain-reaction crash on Dan Ryan 2012-02-24T13:47:00Z When he accidentally discovers his talent, Dean is a depressed misanthrope who sleeps in a beat-up old car on skid row in Los Angeles and takes meals from a soup kitchen. | 'Sympathy for Delicious': A Cynical Faith Healer Who Can?t Fix Himself 2011-04-28T23:40:24Z This approach produced some exciting moments: women balancing on the men’s shoulders at a precarious downward slope; one man skidding under his partner’s leg in the split second it was lifted. Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet Plays With Limits and Dystopia at City Center 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z To stage the resulting production across town at the Odyssey Theatre, Cornerstone used its company van to transport skid row residents. L.A. Without the NEA: Cornerstone brings theater to the theater-less 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z The survivor of boyhood polio who had worked as, variously, a jeweller, a barrister and a movie director, Lewin found himself hitting 60 and with his career on the skids. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z Her travels took her from international movie sets to the Calcutta missions of Mother Teresa, from vivid high school prom portraits to a homeless family struggling on the skids of Los Angeles. New art photo books explore the famous and 'unfamous' among us 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Rodriguez plays Frank Kitchen, an excessively bearded hitman whose illustrious career killing people hits the skids when he bumps off a target with connections. Michelle Rodriguez quits apologising and goes for full-frontal defiance 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency, as it's called, ranged from skid row in downtown Los Angeles — a stone's throw from Cornerstone's headquarters — to Eureka in the north. Cornerstone Theater Company gives local flavors to Shakespeare 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z I skidded into our gravel driveway, jumped off the bicycle, and ran into the living room through the side door. Dah Dah Doo Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Doo Dah La Ti Mi Fa La So Fa Mi 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Delta flight 1708 from Las Vegas landed in Cincinnati, Ohio, where it skidded off the runway. Delta Air Lines plane skids off taxiway during landing 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z I skidded on my scouter, I fell asleep. No show for Depardieu in drunk driving charges 2013-01-08T13:01:11Z But when the play takes its uncorrectable skid into tragedy, there’s enough dramatic force to make you feel for the characters, even the ones you laughed at. Review: ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ Is a Comedy That Goes Bang 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Girl gets fame, hits the skids, somehow survives — it’s as rote as you fear. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z I skidded along the poverty line, getting by sometimes with help from friends and family. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z My tires skid and I tumble back to reality in a twisted heap of limbs and metal. Along the Virginia Mountain Biking Trail, the adrenaline soars When Cornerstone worked with residents of L.A.’s skid row, the company provided a nightly dinner before rehearsal. L.A. Without the NEA: Cornerstone brings theater to the theater-less 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Cemper, too, spent a solid part of it feeling he had skidded off the rails both financially and personally. In Love and Out of Debt 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z As we’re about to learn, David is more than a heel, he’s a hellion, and what begins as the story of a stalking skids rapidly into depravity and humiliation. ‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Built in Winnipeg on 8-by-12-foot skids, the huts are hauled out onto the ice once it’s deemed solid enough, usually in January, and remain until the spring thaw, usually early March. In Winnipeg, a Skating Rink That Doubles as a Sculpture Park 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z As the music skids to a stop, the crowd roars its approval. Virginia's Crooked Road Music Trail 2011-06-01T13:20:06.973Z In terror of white vigilantes, Washington sped up, ducked into a black neighborhood, tried to elude his pursuer but skidded his car into a tree. The Civil Rights Stories We Need to Remember 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z On March 1, 2015, Los Angeles police officers responded to a Sunday morning call on skid row about a dispute. What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But the productions, and particularly Mr. Cook’s remixes, destabilize the pop they know so well; pitches shift, tempos suddenly skid, syncopations rise to battle the beat, and interlocking parts multiply to head-spinning effect. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z And then Blaine holds up a hand with an eye drawn on it, and the whole thing skids off into even weirder territory. The six most excruciating interviews of all time 2013-05-15T13:31:58Z “Nobody knows when she started her skid / She was only 27 and she had five kids / Could’ve been the whiskey, could’ve been the pills / Could’ve been the dream she was trying to kill.” Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z On impact the cockpit sheared off from the rest of the aircraft, which skidded to a terrifying halt. Rewind TV: Homeland; Wonderland: I Was Once a Beauty Queen – review 2012-10-13T23:06:22Z The latest Bond film hit the skids last year when MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy protection. Bond is back 2011-01-12T08:46:30Z Lisa Watson, head of the Downtown Women's Center serving homeless women on L.A.'s skid row, recently was announced as head of the leadership program, which will begin this fall. Lori Bettison-Varga named new president of L.A. County's Natural History Museum 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Another choice, philosophically speaking, is to steer into the skid; to go, as Jack Donaghy on “30 Rock” might recommend, “into the crevasse.” Finding Alarm and Consolation About the Apocalypse in Two New Books 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Everett describes it as less of a tragedy than a “shadowy romance,” a tale of a “star on the skids, living in 1890 Paris in a series of cheap hotels.” ‘What I feel like, finally, is an artist’: How Rupert Everett reinvented his career 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z As the plane skidded to a halt the mom reminded the child they were going on a 12-hour international flight in a few weeks. Rant&Rave: Remembering a dear pet 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Their reunion starts with the needle in the red, then really skids off the rails. Theater to Stream: Shakespeare Villains and Hot-Tub Dreams 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z They are transfixed by the skid marks on the road and the broken bodies lying nearby. We can’t look away: The joy of Donald Trump and political rubbernecking 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Yet, like any savvy aspiring celebrity, Gritty leaned hard into the skid. How the Left Won the War for Gritty 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Sandwiched between views of great joy — dancers leaping into one another’s arms and skidding to the stage like mud-surfing children — there’s a fractured family that never touches, and its smallest member is shunned. Review | Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a triumphant return to Kennedy Center 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Reynolds, who was 36 years old then, recounted one perilous scene in which he was thrown free of his canoe and sent skidding down a cascade wild, white water. "Deliverance": Of dunking and dummies 40 yrs on 2012-06-30T00:45:37Z Another story concerns a poltergeist that throws books and sends nappies skidding across the set: I've no idea how they did this, but it was very clever. Ghost hunter Ian Shillito on Ghost Stories 2010-03-16T21:50:00Z Low Hanging Fruit World premiere of Robin Bradford’s drama about four female veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who find themselves homeless on L.A.’s skid row. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 14-21: 'Low Hanging Fruit' and more 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z An unadorned 4/4 drumbeat was topped with disjointed electronic skids and blips and steadier off-beat accents, eventually joined by the funky guitar lick at the center of “As Serious as Your Life.” Music Review | Four Tet: A Musician, Machines and Room to Breathe 2010-02-19T05:19:00Z Dre skids into Carthage County on professional and personal fumes, where he has to confront his own long-buried anger and grief or be destroyed by it. Recommended reading for April: New must-read books to liven up long shutdown days 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Further, is it so bad that therapeutic policing opened skid row to development? What police are doing right (and wrong) with the homeless in downtown L.A. 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z This season the show hit a turning point — the finale airs Sunday on TLC — and the family hit the skids. Perspective | I watched ‘Sister Wives’ for years. Now it’s finally paid off. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z For Elzie Alexander, landing a part in "California: The Tempest" means months of hotel living after 14 years sleeping in tents pitched on skid row. Cornerstone Theater Company gives local flavors to Shakespeare 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z Because popularity, when that pops in and you have all kinds of mythologies pumping in, and the narrative could skid away from the people who created it. As hip-hop turns 50, Chuck D praises its power as "a worldwide cultural experience and religion" 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Art outreach for the homeless of skid row and South L.A. How would the death of the NEA affect your community? California can cite 162 ways 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Misery's tale of torture and suspense takes place in a lonely, snow-covered town where novelist Sheldon crashes his car after skidding on some ice, with his latest manuscript in his briefcase. Bruce Willis joins Broadway's Misery 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z So on this particular day he literally slammed on his brakes and skidded to a stop. System of a Down's Serj Tankian goes classical with symphonic concerts in Northridge 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The group will use the grant to devise “informal community policing vehicles that maintain respect for the well-being” of skid row neighbors, the foundation said. Rauschenberg Foundation announces grants for art projects about incarceration 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z If you could get down in one piece without hitting a pothole or skidding on the gravel and then manage to navigate the left-hand bend at the bottom you were a legend. Skating on the South Bank: my nights getting wrecked in the undercroft 2013-07-29T15:25:55Z “The Winning Season” regularly skids off the tracks in sloppy, half-baked subplots. | 'The Winning Season': Redemption as a Team Sport 2010-09-02T20:42:00Z She skids to a halt near a large log cabin, cutting the engine and bounding from the vehicle in one swift move. How acclaimed Chicago chef Iliana Regan found her bliss in the woods 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Nivola offers a subtle, merciless portrait of a frustrated semi-star on the skids, whose ego is much larger than his fame. | 'Janie Jones': ?Janie Jones? With Abigail Breslin - Review 2011-10-27T23:09:29Z Benjamin is like an overly chatty but skilled magician; she earns herself a few twee flourishes by telling a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids. Rage Sets a Couple on a Collision Course. Who Will Absorb the Impact? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z He’s painfully aware of his failings as a husband, father, cop–”I’ve never been Columbo”–but he doesn’t know any other way than to steer into the skid. Review: More Angst, Less Poetry in a Lesser True Detective 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I also like driving in films, and if someone tells me I have to skid to a stop, I think I'm Steve McQueen. Johnny Flynn on making the crime musical "The Score," in which characters perform songs he wrote 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z That drift shifted in the 1980s under Reagan, who put skids on New Deal, Fair Deal and Great Society legislation. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z George Painter, a biographer of Proust, once compared the experience of reading Violet Trefusis’s prose to “being driven at 90 m.p.h. over an ice field, by a driver who knows how to skid for fun.” Books of The Times: In the Fast Company of Women on the Edge 2011-08-04T22:16:36Z She was an early R&B star from Detroit, recording for Atlantic but close with some of Motown’s biggest names, until she hit the skids, hard. Rock ’n’ Roll and Write 2012-11-22T21:38:44Z Lasting two minutes and 38 seconds, and including a hotel that slides down the streets and skids to a stop at the seaport, the sequence was conceived and executed as a single shot. Spielberg's 3-D Cartoon Adventure: It's Tintinastic! 2011-12-21T18:03:02Z In one scene the lead character played by Kate Bosworth was to drive a car that would skid and be riddled with bullets. 'It's historical sexism' – the fight to end stuntmen doubling for women 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z One marriage is over, another is on the skids and someone gets lucky in a matinee. Mad Men Watch: Three Bad Trips 2012-04-23T12:00:25Z This is “turning into the skid,” because rather than fighting or rationalizing these feelings away, we are making room for all of the feelings that will occur. What to do when your kid can’t fall asleep without you in the room 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The real talk among moneyed collectors was the impact of a skidding stock market coupled with a dramatic cooling of luxury real-estate values around South Florida. Art Basel Miami Beach: Cracks in the Glittering Facade 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z The most effervescent sections wrest themselves free of stories; they consist of leaping, bounding, skidding across the floor. Dancing Back the Spirit of an Old Friend 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Now her career's on the skids – she's the wrong side of 40. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Just as Abercrombie started stepping up, many of its would-be competitors were hitting the skids. The teens who hated Abercrombie are the adults shopping there now — and they can’t believe it either 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z A spray can-wielding robot, by local artist Skid Robot, is meant to bring awareness about skid row and homelessness. Murals turn blighted L.A. alleys into an outdoor art gallery 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Maybe on TV, but outside your window, it’s sleeting again, and some passing car just skidded into your mailbox. Outdoor Shows on Television for Those With Cabin Fever 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z |
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