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Recent Examples of glider
What Helsing has unveiled is a new underwater surveillance system based on its products, the Lura software platform and the SG-1 Fathom sea glider.
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David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The federal government maintains about 200 ocean buoys, as well as gliders and other instruments that can measure what's happening below the surface of the ocean.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
Book a hang gliding lesson or pilot a reproduction of the glider the Wright brothers flew in 1902.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The federal government maintains about 200 ocean buoys, as well as gliders and other instruments that can measure what's happening below the surface of the ocean.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
Book a hang gliding lesson or pilot a reproduction of the glider the Wright brothers flew in 1902.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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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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Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Set pieces involving a sunken submarine and buzzing biplanes amply fulfill the franchise’s main selling point.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 May 2025
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Top 5 Can’t Miss Get a bird's-eye view of the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield from a seaplane.—
Sharael Kolberg,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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Seaborne continues to fly a single seaplane between the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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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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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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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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“Glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glider. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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