as in flight
travel through the air by the use of wings
had never had the slightest fear of flying
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Recent Examples of flying
Last week, the whining noise of unmanned flying objects could be heard in the city of Moscow once again.
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Frontier has added 3 million seats in the last week to its scheduled flying between June and September, the analysis shows.
—Siddharth Philip, Fortune, 10 May 2026
As the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic Coast, the state park is a hotspot for hang gliding, kite flying, and sunset watching.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The Pentagon is starting to release files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), or unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
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Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
Frontier has added 3 million seats in the last week to its scheduled flying between June and September, the analysis shows.
—Siddharth Philip, Fortune, 10 May 2026
As the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic Coast, the state park is a hotspot for hang gliding, kite flying, and sunset watching.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
The Pentagon is starting to release files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), or unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flying
flight
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One person was killed and flights were suspended in Kuwait, officials said, after missile and drone strikes, including an attack on its international airport.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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“Flying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flying. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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