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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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
By now, the images of Donald Trump’s March 15th flights to El Salvador are all too familiar: shackled Venezuelans being off-loaded from U.S. planes at the country’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, and cowering as their heads are forcibly shaved by other prisoners.
—Danielle MacKey, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
True, an all-women flight is definitely not boys and their toys.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
If you’re seated at a gate where the next flight doesn’t leave for six hours, don’t be afraid to post up and get comfy.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign pushed back at a lower court hearing, however, saying no deportation flights were scheduled for Friday or Saturday.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
By now, the images of Donald Trump’s March 15th flights to El Salvador are all too familiar: shackled Venezuelans being off-loaded from U.S. planes at the country’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, and cowering as their heads are forcibly shaved by other prisoners.
—Danielle MacKey, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
True, an all-women flight is definitely not boys and their toys.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
If you’re seated at a gate where the next flight doesn’t leave for six hours, don’t be afraid to post up and get comfy.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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