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Recent Examples of glider
The company highlighted that the Slocum glider is designed to be a sensor platform with a dry modular center payload bay.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
One morning this fall, on a stubbly brown field in Boulder, a glider pilot named Dan Swenson stared up at the sky and shook his head.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Hansen had his glider license by age 16 and his private pilot’s license the next year.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
This retro glider adds color to a patio thanks to its bright red, turquoise, and navy shades.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
One morning this fall, on a stubbly brown field in Boulder, a glider pilot named Dan Swenson stared up at the sky and shook his head.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Hansen had his glider license by age 16 and his private pilot’s license the next year.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
This retro glider adds color to a patio thanks to its bright red, turquoise, and navy shades.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
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Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.—
Kate Donnelly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Scaling up from a small model to a full-sized quadrotor biplane is much riskier, so the team is building an exact digital replica first.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The image shows him in aviator’s garb with a biplane flying overhead.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Schieffer argues the water in front of his property is a public seaplane base.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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While in Tavares, stop by BTW (which stands for burgers, tacos, waffles) for a hearty lunch before or after your seaplane ride.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Design, safety, and range Matrix uses a lift-and-cruise compound wing design with a triplane layout and a six-arm structure.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glider. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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