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hang glider
noun
: a kitelike glider from which a harnessed rider hangs while gliding down from a cliff or hill
hang glide
intransitive verb
hang gliding
noun
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The tallest peak rises 400 feet above piercing blue Lake Michigan—high enough for a hang glider to take off.
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Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2023
Also known as the Strand, the 22-mile oceanfront path between Pacific Palisades and Torrance winds past five piers, two marinas, volleyball games, hang gliders, street performers and skate parks.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
After a 1978 hang gliding accident, Marilyn Hamilton worked with a pair of friends to invent a light, easy-to-maneuver wheelchair, using materials from hang gliders.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Palestinians on motorcycles, in pickup trucks, and on hang gliders had managed something that not even foreign armies had done.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
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Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2023
Also known as the Strand, the 22-mile oceanfront path between Pacific Palisades and Torrance winds past five piers, two marinas, volleyball games, hang gliders, street performers and skate parks.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
After a 1978 hang gliding accident, Marilyn Hamilton worked with a pair of friends to invent a light, easy-to-maneuver wheelchair, using materials from hang gliders.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Palestinians on motorcycles, in pickup trucks, and on hang gliders had managed something that not even foreign armies had done.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
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“Hang glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20glider. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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