skid mark
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a black line left on a road by the tires of a vehicle that has skidded
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- The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been going.
- Long skid marks stretched across the wet asphalt after the sudden braking.
- We could clearly see the skid marks where the car had veered off the road.
- The driver left prominent skid marks as he swerved to avoid the deer.
- Investigators measured the skid marks to reconstruct the accident sequence.
- Heavy trucks often leave deep skid marks on the highway during emergency stops.
- After the rain, the old skid marks on the pavement were barely visible.
- The absence of skid marks puzzled the traffic officers at the crash site.
- Racing cars often create dramatic skid marks when cornering at high speed.
- They tried to clean up the skid marks before the morning commute.