How to Use fly at in a Sentence

fly at

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• To honor Pahira, Shapiro ordered the flags to fly at half-staff.
  — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• In the initial report, the Delta pilot added that the plane was flying at 200 feet in its descent.
  — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
• Advances in engineering and flying at high altitudes can mitigate noise and avoid the rattling blast of a sonic boom.
  — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
• Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko has declared a day of mourning, with flags on municipal buildings set to be flown at half-mast.
  — Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 July 2026
• The jets flew at roughly 1,400 feet at about 400 mph, producing a roar heard from downtown to Rosemont.
  — Ruyuan Li. Summary Produced By Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
• Four other law enforcement officers and a police K-9 also suffered gunshot wounds as a barrage of bullets flew at the scene.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 July 2026
• Modern missiles may also deploy decoys, maneuver during flight, or fly at lower altitudes to complicate tracking.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
• For example, a drone flying at 250 kilometers per hour needs only a short trail of changes, while a doorbell camera looking for strange people lingering around needs a longer sequence.
  — Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026
• The campaign involved a Gulfstream G800 flying at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet while operating on neat SAF.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
• The jets flew at roughly 1,400 feet above ground level, producing a roar that was heard across downtown, Land Park and Rosemont, according to readers who contacted The Sacramento Bee.
  — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026