glider

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Recent Examples of glider Maloney was later killed after crashing the same glider. Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025 Paone said aviators previously flew using balloons, kites and gliders until the Wright Brothers conducted the first flight in 1903. Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024 Plus, one of our favorite nursery gliders is 39% off right now. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 29 Nov. 2024 The suite of tools includes uncrewed aircraft systems, gliders that can dive into the ocean and Saildrones that skim the surface amidst monster waves. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for glider 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
Noun
  • 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
  • Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • Then there was this couple in North Carolina flying in their biplane, like that Snoopy open plane, and the pilot and the passenger both have the mug out up in the air.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Campbell has more than 20,000 flight hours, from biplanes to the giant Boeing 777.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Only accessible by boat or seaplane, the park is roughly 99 percent open water (really!), vibrantly blue, and filled with stunning coral reefs.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The island is highly remote, nearly in Canadian and Minnesota waters, and is only accessible by ferry, seaplane or private water crafts.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 6 Feb. 2025.

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