The axel is the only part that will take a magnet so are of cast iron. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
Despite feeling shaky, Asada hit her trademark jump, a triple axel, which is a move even some male skaters have trouble with. From Wordnik.com. [International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions] Reference
A triple axel is worth 8.2. From Wordnik.com. [Lost art of quadruple jump a risk few skaters willing to take] Reference
O'BRIEN: Larry, you can do a triple axel can't you?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference
"It's like doing a triple axel on the ice," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Doubt This Thomas] Reference
Tonya Skates BackForget the triple axel and the quadruple jump. From Wordnik.com. [Maximum Exposure, Boxing's New Butterfly, Tonya S] Reference
Don't let yourselves get axel-railroaded into the wrong choice. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Raises Over $40 Million In March] Reference
But that discussion seems to have gone the way of the single axel. From Wordnik.com. [Pretty in pink ... helmets] Reference
It's more than the perfect triple-axel, double toe loop combination. From Wordnik.com. [Charley Johnson: China, Corporate Sponsors, and Darfur] Reference
You know, one mixed axel, and it will cost the film millions of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2005] Reference
Known for her triple axel jumps, she landed her first one at the age of 12. From Wordnik.com. [The Skaters to Watch] Reference
CARLSON: But there is -- yeah, there's a pixel going on there, an axel twist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Spin Room: Election 2000 Goes to the Florida Supreme Court - November 17, 2000] Reference
Closer to home, the state of Massachusetts got "axel-rodded" into voting in Patrick. From Wordnik.com. [Zogby: Obama's Lead Steady In North Carolina, Indiana Undecideds Could Break For Hillary] Reference
Until a few years ago, no woman had successfully performed a triple axel in a decade. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Kwan Last Time] Reference
So Ito and her advisers chose to substitute the easier triple lutz for the triple axel. From Wordnik.com. [American Beauty] Reference
She can still do an axel and a great spin and that salchow thing. with mom Sandy circa 1981. From Wordnik.com. [through with buzz] Reference
Army radio carts had a generator built into the rear axel, to keep the batteries charged. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Conrads Crusade]
Either way, Bush's comments had so much spin they were the political equivalent of a triple axel. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Congress Finally Gets Behind Real Reform] Reference
She went for the home run, and she hit it-the first woman to throw a triple axel in the Olympics. From Wordnik.com. [American Beauty] Reference
But America's 15-year-old rising star Sarah Hughes is supposedly readying the axel for next season. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Fan's Notes] Reference
In 1992, NEWSWEEK arranged a multiple-exposure photo of a triple axel for its Olympic-preview issue. From Wordnik.com. [Still Carrying A Torch] Reference
Her career, meanwhile, has never quite lived up to the promise of that electrifying triple axel in 1991. From Wordnik.com. [Living On The Edges] Reference
Why else debut a new Mustang with a solid rear axel when independent rear suspension is the only way to go?. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Shukovsky: Get Your Head Out of Your Detroit] Reference
During a recent practice run-through of her free skate, Kwan crashed to the ice on her final jump, a double axel. From Wordnik.com. [Iron Will, Golden Dreams] Reference
We drive for another 3 kilometers, past a truck sunk axel deep in mud with a half dozen men trying to extricate it. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Bergman: A Thousand Shillings] Reference
To view all comments: oil is what greases the axel of the global economy by anechoic on Friday, Jan 26, 2007 at 11: 25: 01 AM. From Wordnik.com. [My Plan: Getting Smarter Faster About the Middle East] Reference
Right now they're standing at a very strong 6 after performing the first thrown triple axel in Olympic history Saturday night. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference
When practice ended, she repeated the double axel again and again until she was squeezed off the ice by the Zambo - ni circling her. From Wordnik.com. [Iron Will, Golden Dreams] Reference
Most important (or so it seemed at the time), the Russians had made an obvious slip: Sikharulidze flubbed the landing of a double axel. From Wordnik.com. [Our Sport Has Gangrene] Reference
At last year's national championships, Meissner became the first American skater to perform a triple axel since Tonya Harding back in 1991. From Wordnik.com. [Ladies' On Ice: The Showcase Event] Reference
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