: a carpet that can carry a person through the air
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Even when the wacky Halifax weather hurls the wildest of curveballs at the SailGP fleet, somehow Tom Slingsby and the irrepressible Australians ride their magic carpet of consummate skill and a decent dose of luck to lead the standings after the first day of the Canada Sail Grand Prix.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
21 June 2026 But as much as Dwyer remains the group’s center of gravity, the album really belongs to bassist Tim Hellman and twin stick-handlers Dan Rincon and Paul Quattrone, whose Tago-via-Lagos grooves serve as the magic carpet that their frontman can ride into the sun.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026 The magic carpet ride of a season that included a Western League co-championship and a playoff run through the Loser’s Bracket that culminated in a CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship came to a crashing end Tuesday for the Patrick Henry High School baseball team.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026 No chase scenes through Europe or magic carpet rides.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026 There’s a super mellow magic carpet where learners are gaining their stripes.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026 The magic carpet lifts and terrain features are for the ski school, but the Greenhorn Ranch Express lift and the Rough Rider trail are open to the public.—
Alison Fox,
Outside,
20 Jan. 2026 Roughly an hour later, the magic carpet ride was over, crashing into the turf, traced to a quarterback keeper with six minutes remaining in overtime when he was tackled awkwardly.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026 The magic carpet duet wasn't exactly magic at first.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025