as in flying
travel through the air by the use of wings
for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds
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as in escape
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Recent Examples of flight
Natasha Dye, People.com, 29 June 2025
Two months earlier, Starship’s eighth flight test ended in another rocket explosion, which led planes to be grounded at several Florida airports.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 19 June 2025
That loss was its third consecutive setback after flights in January and March were cut short just minutes after takeoff when the spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico, sending debris raining down from the sky and disrupting air travel.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
In 2020 and 2021, SpaceX lost several Starship prototypes to problems during ground and flight testing.
—ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
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The couple met when they were seated next to each other on a flight in 2021, and Belichick signed Hudson's textbook, Deductive Logic.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 29 June 2025
Two months earlier, Starship’s eighth flight test ended in another rocket explosion, which led planes to be grounded at several Florida airports.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 19 June 2025
That loss was its third consecutive setback after flights in January and March were cut short just minutes after takeoff when the spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico, sending debris raining down from the sky and disrupting air travel.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
In 2020 and 2021, SpaceX lost several Starship prototypes to problems during ground and flight testing.
—ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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