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Recent Examples of glider
Each monkey had kept a piece of the little glider.
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Literary Hub, 12 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
To start with, Miles comes with a motorbike and Green Goblin comes on his glider.
—Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Upon arrival, police and emergency services discovered a woman in her early 50s and a Tasmanian man in his mid-60s who appeared to be the pilot of the two-seater glider.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 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
To start with, Miles comes with a motorbike and Green Goblin comes on his glider.
—Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Upon arrival, police and emergency services discovered a woman in her early 50s and a Tasmanian man in his mid-60s who appeared to be the pilot of the two-seater glider.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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The biplane shoot almost didn’t happen.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Children can be seen monkeying around the billiards table, and the surrounding area offers plenty of activities to suit the whole gang—from hiking and boat tours to hair-raising seaplane adventures.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 2026.
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