Bailey's third goal, on a backhand that skittered past Bishop, put the Islanders up 2-1.

WSJ: Senators score 4 in 3rd, rally past Islanders

Indiana's counties skittered illogically between two time zones, so he reset the state's clocks.

ECONOMIST: Mitch Daniels

Most of the time I nervously skittered up the slab, dreading every move and trying not to think of the consequences if I slipped.

WSJ: Amid the Perils of Patagonia

The aggressive aliens that skittered, slithered, and oozed through the twentieth century were, to a remarkable degree, prefigured in the very first ones imagined in print.

NEWYORKER: The Cosmic Menagerie