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Recent Examples of glider
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.
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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
Seattle's bike, scooter and glider ridership has surged, with this month's trips up 138% citywide and 146% in South Lake Union compared with the same period in 2024, a Lime spokesperson told Axios in an email.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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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
Seattle's bike, scooter and glider ridership has surged, with this month's trips up 138% citywide and 146% in South Lake Union compared with the same period in 2024, a Lime spokesperson told Axios in an email.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 15 Jan. 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
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Reckoning has received a lot of attention for its stunts – Tom Cruise hanging off a biplane, for instance, and a burning parachute sequence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Most people get from town to town by seaplane or boat.—
Sharael Kolberg,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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As this is the mid-Atlantic’s yachting capital, and an anchorage for caravels, clippers and seaplanes, the spirit of nautical bonhomie is pervasive.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
6 June 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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