(1) I felt a much stronger connection with the kids on my home block, who I rode bikes with nightly.
(2) Another, discussing public attitudes towards the police, said: "I've lost count of [the number of] people who said: 'It's only cos you've got a uniform … if you didn't have the uniform on, I'd come and fuck you and this, that and the other … I hope your wife dies of cancer and your kids die of cancer.'"
(3) His wrists were shown wrapped in tape with “MIKE BROWN” and “MY KIDS MATTER” written on them.
(4) Serum copper concentration also was measured in dams and kids in a control herd that had no history of ataxia.
(5) Reality set in once you got home to your parents and the regular neighborhood kids, and your thoughts turned to new notebooks for the school year and whether you got prettier while you were away and whether your crushes were going to notice.
(6) ‘Many of our kids become radicalized at some point’ – that’s what the government wants to hear, that’s what these folks want to hear.
(7) But I think this isn’t a problem only kids face – we’ve become a country of trashy readers.
(8) Now, people observe and see if the kids are OK. Based on that, they come around.” Growing acceptance came too late for 15-year-old Musu Allieu, whose parents both died of Ebola.
(9) That’s why when I heard from a family of 11 from my Walthamstow constituency whose holiday to LA had had to be abandoned, my first thought was for their kids.
(10) "I think that we've got to treat our kids well, but I don't think we ought to say there's no place ever for smacks.
(11) That’s why many parents in North Korea have started bribing government officers even before their kids graduate high school.
(12) My dream is that one day, young kids in Nepal won’t have to risk working on the mountain as porters or guides, they will be able to get an education and build better lives for themselves,” Sherpa told AFP.
(13) A s I watched Camila Batmanghelidjh being mobbed by the small crowd demonstrating about the closure of Kids Company outside Downing Street last week, it struck me that she was more like a character out of children’s book than a real person.
(14) This study addresses the use and appraisal of services by parents at the KIDS Family Centre, Camden, London, which offers a variety of family-focused services with differing degrees of parental involvement.
(15) Or perhaps it was just because I was a little kid and more interested in them Weetabix skinheads, Roland Rat and Knight Rider.
(16) My chief of staff, for instance, had two kids that were still in school.
(17) Behaving like the oldest kid on the block is just one of the things that Larry Clark's detractors hold against him.
(18) Kid can play #sb47 @ lengeldavid @ gdnussports February 4, 2013 No doubt about it.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Our political leaders can’t bear to face the truth’: Camila Batmanghelidjh spoke to the Guardian’s Patrick Butler in July “So you can understand that I am taken aback by allegations which now present themselves, about which I knew nothing.” Kids Company, set up by the charismatic Batmanghelidjh in 1996, was known to have the firm support of David Cameron for its work on gang violence and disadvantaged children.
(20) So the kids then went and pulled out the computer, plugged in the modem and they found it on YouTube.
Skidding
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skid
Example Sentences:
(1) The Lakers snapped a six-game skid in their final outing, but their demanding fans could forget about the awful season for one night.
(2) Housing First simply can’t tackle the problem – especially not in Skid Row, the downtown Los Angeles area synonymous with destitution.
(3) Jimi Heselden, who latched on to an international craze for the upright, motorised "green commuter machines", was testing a cross-country version when he skidded into the river Wharfe which runs beside his Yorkshire estate.
(4) Sam, on for Jansen, sends a low shot skidding across the turf and Howard can only push it into the path of the wide open Draxler who slots home.
(5) Years later, a visiting Pakistani reporter recounted how Mehsud took him on a terrifying ride in which the militant raced his jeep towards the edge of a cliff, skidding to a stop a few feet from the edge.
(6) The number 38 bus from Bury had skidded out of control on an icy pothole and crushed her against the wall of the Job Centre.
(7) In explaining the alcoholic process to the public, this fiction contributed to the general belief that the typical alcoholic was a Skid Row-like derelict.
(8) Taye Taiwo was allowed to encroach into their penalty box unhindered before his skidding shot went just wide, Yakubu Aiyegbeni's 25-yard pile-driver was fisted unconvincingly by Sergio Romero, and — not long before the end — the substitute Kalu Uche was able to exchange passes with Yakubu before looping his shot over from 12 yards.
(9) Part-timers, meanwhile, are envied for having one foot in the playground and one in the office, but worry secretly about failing to keep up with either of them: skidding late into the school pick-up, still furtively sending emails on our phones.
(10) Then just before half-time, Benzema's first-time shot skidded wide.
(11) On the contrary, the cuticular ornamentation of the posterior region--which is composed of the area rugosa and of a system of bosses and constitutes a secondary non-skid copulatory apparatus--differs following the geographical origin of the strain.
(12) Jerome Boateng bails out his team-mate by skidding in to poke the ball out for a corner.
(13) In the Conference finals Sporting went down an early goal against Houston — a goal marked by Oscar Boniek Garcia cutting back to shoot, as Seth Sinovic skidded helplessly past him on the freezing wet surface.
(14) Officially he skidded trying to avoid two boys in the road, but some believe he killed himself.
(15) Kris Meeke of Northern Ireland had looked set for a challenge but skidded into a ditch on Sunday morning, which damaged the tyres on his Citroën DS3 and he slipped to sixth place.
(16) Inhibitory strains were less common (32%) in residents from "skid row" areas (see D.J.
(17) Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings to end a personal three-game losing skid and added an RBI single to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals .
(18) One witness said the plane skidded for several hundred metres along the riverbank after it crashed.
(19) Average exposure levels for loggers engaged only in felling are twice those for cutters who also perform limbing, bucking and manual skidding of the timber, since these latter operations involve considerably lower exposure.
(20) In commodities trading, US crude oil futures kept falling after skidding more than 2% on Monday to three-week lows.