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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of coast.

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Examples

  • They rattled through the industrial outskirts of the capital, past refinery tanks and banana trees — and then, for no good reason, the train coasted to a stop.

    The 12:39 to Matanzas 2009

  • They rattled through the industrial outskirts of the capital, past refinery tanks and banana trees — and then, for no good reason, the train coasted to a stop.

    The 12:39 to Matanzas 2009

  • They rattled through the industrial outskirts of the capital, past refinery tanks and banana trees — and then, for no good reason, the train coasted to a stop.

    The 12:39 to Matanzas 2009

  • My family and I awoke, greeted by a spectacular show of autumn colors while our Capitol Limited Amtrak train coasted alongside a meandering river somewhere outside Martinsburg, West Virginia.

    Archive for » 2008 » October : Sustainablog 2008

  • My family and I awoke, greeted by a spectacular show of autumn colors while our Capitol Limited Amtrak train coasted alongside a meandering river somewhere outside Martinsburg, West Virginia.

    All Aboard Intercity Rail Transport, Amtrak Reconnecting Communities 2008

  • ` ` We just kind of coasted on defense and they built on their lead. ''

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • For, while Palmer could not have "coasted" to 44o West as the Antarctic coast veers far south along the Weddell Sea around 57o West., that is the longitude of the South Orkney Islands.

    Palmer, Nathaniel 2009

  • He had a string of flops through the 60s, then did The Godfather and Last Tango In Paris back to back after three years of not working, then didn't do much more after that and kind of coasted on his own iconic status, demanding ridiculous sums of money for not much effort.

    Filmstalker: Singer reveals how Brando returned 2006

  • ` ` We put up 28 points and kind of coasted from there, '' Cox said.

    USATODAY.com - Scores 2005

  • ROCK: I kind of coasted, and my dad didn't go to school, and he made more money than my mother, so -- who went to school.

    CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Chris Rock Discusses 'Down to Earth' - February 12, 2001 2001

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