skid marks

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: marks made by a skidding vehicle (as on a road)

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Still, everything happened so fast that police could not find skid marks indicating that Lopez braked hard to avoid her. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Serious or Fatal Wrecks Detailed reconstruction, documentation of physical evidence, skid marks, and vehicle positions. — Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 23 July 2026 The skid marks stretch from Philadelphia to Miami, from California to New York. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Except at the French Open, where humans still inspect skid marks on the red clay, in tennis, the pretense of any agency over the machine is gone. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for skid marks

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“Skid marks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skid%20marks. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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