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
Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Barkhimer was restrained, and the flight was diverted to Boise Airport.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
She was scheduled for a flight later that week.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
But to kind of change things up, to get on the field, to see the flight of the baseball is also important.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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But Hatton missed an appearance at an event a day later and his manager had arrived at his house on the morning of the 14th to take him to a flight to Dubai, where Hatton was found unresponsive.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Barkhimer was restrained, and the flight was diverted to Boise Airport.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
She was scheduled for a flight later that week.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
But to kind of change things up, to get on the field, to see the flight of the baseball is also important.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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