Thesaurus results for AVIATED

aviated

verb

past tense of aviate

as in flew

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings once humankind learned how to aviate, the world became a much smaller place

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Last year, global output for these complex machines hovered around just 9,600 units.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
As the military-style helicopter hovered above them, attendees from the rural, predominantly Latino community, began to get nervous.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of hovered

Verb

Needing 11 yards on fourth down to continue their drive and cut into a 23-7 Packers lead, Prescott narrowly avoided a sack before lofting a pass that sailed out the back of the end zone, not close to any particular Cowboys receiver.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Yet Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare – senior Tory politician, former athlete, bestselling novelist and bon viveur – simply sailed on.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailed

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Even after Bretton Woods collapsed and many currencies floated freely, the dollar continued to dominate.

— Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Ryanair even floated the idea of charging to use the bathroom or getting rid of seats and having passengers stand, though neither took flight.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of floated

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The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of glided

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That squeeze has been compounded as the cost of groceries, gas and health insurance have also soared.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement The day after the raid, the Wilder School District reported absent rates soared, with 20% of students absent, according to The Idaho Statesman.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of soared

Verb

This year’s lingerie spectacular was no different, with Dame Pat McGrath masterminding the baby winged eyeliner and pink cheeks, while Guido Palau executed the blowouts.

— Violet Hayward, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Here, Martha uses small white pumpkins to create fanged vampire and winged pat pumpkins.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of winged

Verb

For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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