flew

past tense of fly
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to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval the familiar "Because I said so!" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers

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Verb
  • Bonds, which have hovered for a week after a ripping rally , and could struggle if attention returns to stickier inflation?
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Following the exercise’s finale, two drones carrying Russian and Belarusian flags hovered in front of spectators.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Having escaped disaster and gauged the full extent of American self-deterrence, Putin began putting pressure on Ukraine’s neighbors and suppliers.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One snake got tear-gassed by police, then shot at five times, and still escaped—only to finally meet its match with a garden hoe (obviously).
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The mufti fled Mandatory Palestine but continued to orchestrate terrorism from his initial base of operations in Beirut.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jurors at the trial in Fort Pierce, Florida, heard from the Secret Service agent who confronted an armed Routh on the golf course before Routh fled, and a witness who identified Routh to police.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Phillips disappeared with his children, Jayda, 12, Maverick, 10, and Ember, 9, after an alleged dispute with their mother back in 2021, PEOPLE previously reported.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As veterans organizations plan events this month to remember the tens of thousands of Americans who died, disappeared or were captured in combat, some remains are still being identified through new scientific advances.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rec was founded in 2022 by Birju Kadakia and Rachel Williams, who worked together at Uber in the mid-2010s.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Getting the final minty shade, one that worked well on all Fitzpatrick skin tones, took more than 20 variations.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bird glided through the air, skimming the water for prey.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.
    William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The end of winter break was nearing for the two university students, who had traveled to Urbana to visit other water polo players at the University of Illinois, Abraham’s father told CNN.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One deputy retreated while two of them fired their guns, hitting Williams and Lane, authorities said.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Each apartment was different from the next, and the vacant unit (one daughter retreated to a Greek island) had views of the sea.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Flew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flew. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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