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Recent Examples of glider
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.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Growing up in Dayton, Ohio, the brothers had developed deep mechanical instincts, nurtured through their bicycle business and relentless study of earlier glider experiments by pioneers like Otto Lilienthal.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
The model airplane and balsa wood glider company has been headquartered in Wakefield for 99 years.
—Chris Tanaka, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Hanging from the haul rope, the glider allowed the patrollers to slide down the rope to gondola cars, controlling their descent with a brake mechanism on the glider.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Growing up in Dayton, Ohio, the brothers had developed deep mechanical instincts, nurtured through their bicycle business and relentless study of earlier glider experiments by pioneers like Otto Lilienthal.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
The model airplane and balsa wood glider company has been headquartered in Wakefield for 99 years.
—Chris Tanaka, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Hanging from the haul rope, the glider allowed the patrollers to slide down the rope to gondola cars, controlling their descent with a brake mechanism on the glider.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 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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During that film's climactic biplane battle between Cruise's Ethan Hunt and Esai Morales' villainous Gabriel, Cruise dangles mid-air from a seatbelt as the plane flips upside down.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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Since the biplane had been the basis of standard airplane design until that point, the M-1 and following single-wing designs were referenced as monoplanes for a number of years.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Hop on a seaplane to Vancouver Island, explore historic parks, or simply wander the city streets for some serious people-watching.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The island of Ellaidhoo is located 26 miles west of the capital, Malé, and is only accessible via seaplane or boat.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 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 15 Feb. 2026.
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