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Recent Examples of flight path
The pop-star-to-film-star flight path often ends in a crash.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Born and raised in Huntington Park, Thompson-Hernández grew up beneath the LAX flight path and the roar of planes departing from and arriving at the airport dominated his soundscape.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Currently, the Orion heat shield is widely believed to be the biggest risk to the crew; NASA has said the concern is addressed by changes to the Artemis II flight path.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
Investigators believe the helicopter pilots mistakenly thought the American Airlines jet was one of several other planes lining up to land on Runway 1, and did not have an accurate understanding of its flight path.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Born and raised in Huntington Park, Thompson-Hernández grew up beneath the LAX flight path and the roar of planes departing from and arriving at the airport dominated his soundscape.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Currently, the Orion heat shield is widely believed to be the biggest risk to the crew; NASA has said the concern is addressed by changes to the Artemis II flight path.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
Investigators believe the helicopter pilots mistakenly thought the American Airlines jet was one of several other planes lining up to land on Runway 1, and did not have an accurate understanding of its flight path.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
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Established as a premier post-production showcase for international arthouse cinema, the initiative offers producers a strategic platform to present their projects to leading sales agents, distributors and festival programmers at a decisive stage in their films’ financing and market trajectory.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Over the next 10 years, the Goo Goo Dolls would follow a trajectory of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and increasingly unlikely triumphs that more closely resembles a fictional underdog team from a Disney movie than a rock band.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Mutschler led the Hawks with 21, followed by Sebastian Brown with 11 and Samuel Light with 10, including making three from beyond the arc.—
Zach McMahon,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Spartans were eight of 14 from beyond the arc in the first half and finished with a season-high 14 three-pointers on 27 attempts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Residents who aren't participating gather at houses along the route to feast and dance.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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On Melrose Place in West Hollywood, Mona Seresht spotted a pink and orange Coco Robotics bot struggling through a flooded street on its delivery route.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tateishi found his path to activism in the 1970s, as anger swelled among young former detainees about their imprisonment, which the government had yet to acknowledge as an injustice.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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But the path to income-tax repeal could actually be even simpler, by using surplus revenue to automatically reduce it over time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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There are plenty of inorganic/abiotic pathways to produce oxygen under laboratory conditions, and these could be at play on an exoplanet.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
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Although undoubtedly wide-ranging, these conversations had a way usually returning, by pathways familiar to any viewer of the Joe Rogan Experience, to genetics and the nature of human consciousness.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Singapore has only competed in one previous Winter Games, the 2018 edition, where short-track speedskater Cheyenne Goh finished 28th in the women’s 1,500 meters.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer won the short track 1,000 meters on Monday, claiming her second gold at the Winter Games and extending Dutch dominance of the competition.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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Almost all of them include whirlpool baths on their terraces; those that don’t instead have semi-private pools just a few steps from the bed.—
José Cantillo Ferrer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, millions of women whose married names don't match with the name on their birth certificates or passports would face extra steps just to make their voices heard, the Brennan Center cautions.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Why Madagascar hissing cockroaches are actually romantic Naming a roach for Valentine’s Day is a great gag, but also these critters are capable of hissing their way into your heart.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the way the investigation is being carried out is leaving people with some doubts.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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