: filled to excess
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness.
—New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
And yet, Pearse’s rhetoric, while particularly high-flown, was not so uncommon in his time.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
Even full-flown diabetes can be put into remission, Gabbay said, with a regime of diet, exercise and stress reduction and proper use of medications.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
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The massive first stage has already been flown, landed, and re-flown.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness.
—New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
And yet, Pearse’s rhetoric, while particularly high-flown, was not so uncommon in his time.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022
Even full-flown diabetes can be put into remission, Gabbay said, with a regime of diet, exercise and stress reduction and proper use of medications.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
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“Flown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flown. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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