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Recent Examples of flight path
Aviation officials made strides to change military helicopter flight path rules around Washington, DC, and later promised a new air traffic control system would be implemented during the current presidential administration to support aviation safety.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Instead of setting Orion up for an insertion into lunar orbit, the free-return trajectory will loop the spacecraft once around the moon on a figure-eight flight path back to Earth, ensuring the crew's return regardless of Orion's propulsion status, should unexpected issues crop up during flight.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The software predicted the target’s flight path and calculated an intercept solution.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 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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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
Instead of setting Orion up for an insertion into lunar orbit, the free-return trajectory will loop the spacecraft once around the moon on a figure-eight flight path back to Earth, ensuring the crew's return regardless of Orion's propulsion status, should unexpected issues crop up during flight.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The software predicted the target’s flight path and calculated an intercept solution.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 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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Brentwood tech entrepreneur Adam Miller, who describes himself as a lifelong Democrat, said the city is on a downward trajectory and needs stronger management.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Fernandez’s individual trajectory at Chelsea since has validated Lampard’s assessment and then some, both in terms of his quality and his utility.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Within seconds, the drone began to burn as if struck by invisible lightning, then fell to the ground in a fiery arc.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Most summaries of Black history follow a chronological arc —slavery, segregation, civil rights, with protest and oppression as the primary through-line.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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This week, Google went the bond route.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The emerging pattern includes architectures that route tasks to the simplest effective model, escalate only when necessary, and continuously balance accuracy with speed and cost.—
Abhas Ricky,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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That gives Takaichi a clear path to deliver on her agenda over the coming years – until the next election in 2027.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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His only real path to election is as the Sandy Koufax of the 21st century.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Joining forces with The Pool Films is one of the first steps that Hombre al agua is taking in its pathway to show itself to the world.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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Earthquakes fracture rocks, creating fresh reaction surfaces and shifting the pathways water travels along, which increase hydrogen production.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
9 Feb. 2026
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The first issue occurred in the third heat of the short track speedskating women’s 500-meter heat.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Sunday, Green Day opened up Super Bowl LX at Levi Stadium with a performance of several songs — but missing were the most political lyrics from some of the tracks.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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During the past several months, execs have taken steps to wean themselves from NBCU, decamping to a new Midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters and making deals with a number of other suppliers for news, sports and entertainment programming.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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Authorities offer chilling new details Blood found on the home's front steps was confirmed to be Nancy Guthrie's, Nanos said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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For Sky Ferreira, that meant a smoky charcoal eye brought all the way up to the brow bone; on Benee, a sculptural eyeliner flick; for Naomi Sharon, chromatic glam that traveled across her eyes, lips, and cheekbones.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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The plaintiffs argue that the way the government operates the dams violates the Endangered Species Act, and over decades of litigation judges have repeatedly ordered changes to help the fish.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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