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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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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 See All Example Sentences for flight

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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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