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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
looking for a college course that he could just glide through
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as in to hover
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
water striders gliding along the surface of the brook
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Recent Examples of glide
The leather was supple, the finishes clean, and the zipper for the bottom compartment glided without so much as a whisper of a snag.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
Watch sailboats glide by at sunset while sipping on a cocktail, or gather around the fire pit in the winter with a bowl of short rib rigatoni.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Waterbirds eat crab, shrimp and crayfish found in the muddy waters, while batrays and leopard sharks glide effortlessly through grass beds off the coast.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Storm glided back down the ramp and got into the face of Rousey.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
Watch sailboats glide by at sunset while sipping on a cocktail, or gather around the fire pit in the winter with a bowl of short rib rigatoni.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Waterbirds eat crab, shrimp and crayfish found in the muddy waters, while batrays and leopard sharks glide effortlessly through grass beds off the coast.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Storm glided back down the ramp and got into the face of Rousey.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glide
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Rebecca Morin Greeted with bouquets of flowers and dozens of flowing Iranian flags, Iran’s national women’s soccer team was welcomed home to Tehran after some players initially tried to seek asylum in Australia.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Great gameplan from a great coach, nice adjustments throughout, and the offense flowed so nicely all night.—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Weatherproofing required The project is currently the only one of its kind flying in Scandinavia.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Warriors will play at Detroit on Friday, and then fly to Atlanta to take on the Hawks the next day.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Animas River in Durango could hop from winter flows hovering around 300 cfs to more than 1,000 cfs by the end of next week.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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Michigan's gas prices continue to go up, AAA says, and are currently hovering just below $4 per gallon in much of the state.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Video of the rescue shows the Cutter Mackinaw’s crane hoisting the snowmobile off a drifting piece of ice as the slab steadily shrinks beneath it before the vehicle is lifted safely onto the vessel.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Severe freezes in the mid-1890s resulted in a decline in the citrus industry, causing residents to drift away and leaving only 10 families living in Ethel in 1910.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lexington businessman Nate Morris and former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the other two Republican Senate race frontrunners, are also planing to be in attendance.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Mar. 2026
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Conditions will remain dangerous through the weekend, and people need to plane carefully and be conservative when selecting terrain, according to the CAIC.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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Under Grier’s leadership, researchers Mia Morrell and Leela Elliot made a new version of a time crystal where tiny crystals made from styrofoam beads floated on a cushion of sound and can be displaced using sound waves.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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In real life, floating happens in water.—
Souvankham Thammavongsa,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Groups supporting Krishnamoorthi also sought to boost Kelly as a way to siphon votes away from Stratton, but the lieutenant governor managed to sail to victory in a crowded primary field.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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Around a dozen cruise lines sail to, from and within Africa each year, but only a few navigate the eastern coastline — and, speaking as someone who recently went there on Crystal, the cruising world is the poorer for it.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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In a bewildering and breathless match including 13 tries and six lead changes, Ramos was the difference as France scored only six tries, four to wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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In photos from her March 11 cover, Jenner illustrated the transformative power of her signature dark winged brows—or rather, lack thereof.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Glide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glide. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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