flyover

noun

fly·​over ˈflī-ˌō-vər How to pronounce flyover (audio)
1
British : overpass
2

Examples of flyover in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sunday was the first night the Rickenbacker Causeway’s flyover bridge that connects westbound traffic to South Dixie Highway and I-95 north was closed, according to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024 The tallest flyover bridge ramps in the country are mostly in the South, with a 120-foot ramp in Orlando, Florida; a 130-foot one in Los Angeles; and a 140-foot one in Dallas. The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024 Lanier has previously told NBC News that the NFL had a close call at the Super Bowl in Atlanta in February 2019, when an FBI team spotted a drone just before six Air Force F-16s were set to conduct a flyover before the game. David Ingram, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024 For all its grandiosity, however — the 1,000-plus in attendance, repeated noisy flyovers by the Blue Angels — the ceremony was also a homecoming, a sentimental farewell from a place Feinstein never forgot or left behind. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023 The vehicle broke through the flyover’s guardrails before plunging almost 100 feet and landing near a railway, local news outlet Corriere Del Veneto reported. Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023 The Army Reserve Aviation Command posted footage of the flyover on their social media pages later that afternoon. Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2024 There will be a wreath-laying and missing-man flyover. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024 Detective Sipe told Dateline that the initial searches involved door-to-door interviews, on-foot searches, and helicopter flyovers. Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of flyover was in 1901

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“Flyover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyover. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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