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The trajectory The mission is on a flight path that keeps the spacecraft in Earth's gravitational influence past the moon, then falls back to the planet for splashdown.
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The flight path appears to show the aircraft nearly reaching the New Jersey and New York border before turning around back towards PHL.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
That decision will depend on where the astronauts are in their flight path when the issue occurs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
What the crew sees will depend on Orion's flight path and the angle of sunlight, but scientists say the astronauts could catch views of regions never before seen directly by human eyes.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The flight path appears to show the aircraft nearly reaching the New Jersey and New York border before turning around back towards PHL.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
That decision will depend on where the astronauts are in their flight path when the issue occurs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
What the crew sees will depend on Orion's flight path and the angle of sunlight, but scientists say the astronauts could catch views of regions never before seen directly by human eyes.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
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Orion entered the atmosphere on a steeper trajectory, shortening the heat shield’s exposure time to extreme heating.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
11 Apr. 2026
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The steeper, hotter trajectory also gave the capsule less range to maneuver away from bad weather near the Pacific splashdown zone.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lacan and Rivers are both defensive juggernauts and strong facilitators in the backcourt, but neither is an especially prolific scorer and both struggle with inconsistency behind the 3-point arc.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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The arc of Buffett’s relationship with the IRS is, by his own account, a strange one.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The poor design of that route was a key factor in the crash along with air traffic controllers relying too much on pilots seeing and avoiding other aircraft.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tennessee used him frequently on deep crossers and vertical routes, where his stride length and tracking ability popped.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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The fighting has carved a path of destruction from agricultural towns near the border to Beirut, killing more than 2,000 people and displacing in excess of 1 million others, according to Lebanese authorities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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For years, Dean Potter stood atop the climbing world, attaining a mystique as a rebellious spirit who carved his own path up mountains and into the sky — through BASE jumping and wingsuit flying.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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It was also aimed at forcing Iran to reopen the strait, a vital pathway for oil shipping whose de facto closure during the war has since global energy prices soaring.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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These greens are also rich in polyphenols, flavonoids, and carotenoids—compounds shown to regulate inflammatory pathways.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 2026
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Staff also help returners complete their financial aid application and check in regularly to keep them on track.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Before his big league career, Robinson attended UCLA and played for four of their athletic teams, including baseball, football, basketball and track.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday Ukraine is ready to mirror any ceasefire steps, having earlier proposed to Russia a pause in attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure over the Orthodox Easter holiday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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While 10,000 steps has long been promoted as a daily goal, studies have shown that many health benefits—especially for older adults—can occur at lower step counts.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2026
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What had seemed like a good way of chilling out was actually plunging me into a kind of crisis.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Because Towns and Brunson complement each other in ways Mike Brown outlined after the victory on Thursday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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