flyboy

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Recent Examples of flyboy The charismatic flyboy of the sequel trilogy is a true rebel, even questioning commands from his boss, and a top-notch choice for attacking an oversized space station. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024 There’s also Lewis Pullman, the Top Gun: Maverick supporting flyboy that shows up here as Lieutenant Thomas Keefer, Maryk’s best friend and the possible real inciter of rebellion here. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2023 Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022 This Korean War flyboy drama was largely passed over at TIFF, but an Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival put it back on pundits’ radars. Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for flyboy
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Noun
  • Joule Studio is the software giant’s low-code/pro-code development environment for building, deploying, and managing custom AI agents and skills for Joule, SAP's enterprise AI copilot.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Morales had been rescued by Brothers to the Rescue four years earlier while attempting to cross the straits on a makeshift raft and later joined the group as a copilot.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • For the past few years, much of the AI conversation has focused on chatbots, co-pilots and tools that generate text, images or code.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Gilbert, who was 10 years old when the pilot aired and 19 when the series wrapped, was often considered a standout of the cast.
    Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Chief test pilot and company founder Miguel Iturmendi expects that figure to grow another 40% within two years.
    Omar Kardoudi June 12, New Atlas, 12 June 2026
  • On June 5, founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi conducted a series of short test flights at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in central Florida aboard a modified Pipistrel Taurus motor glider designated as the Helios Horizon.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Three years later, he was designated as a naval aviator.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • One of the crew members was rescued swiftly, but a high-stakes near 48-hour search operation was conducted to find the second airman.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 June 2026
  • During meetings where promotions were decided, white officers would sometimes make disparaging comments to Black airmen, Curry recalled.
    Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

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“Flyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyboy. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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