as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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as in to sport
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Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
The yellow represents a region where the kites may spend the winter and where a subspecies of the kite is found year round.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
Keros Beach on Limnos is one of the best places to kite or windsurf in Europe.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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Noun
The highest altitude for a single kite flown was a whopping 16,009 feet, according to Guinness World Records.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
The yellow represents a region where the kites may spend the winter and where a subspecies of the kite is found year round.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Verb
Royal Air Force pilots flying over the region in the 1920s gave the structures their name due to their kite-like shape.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
Keros Beach on Limnos is one of the best places to kite or windsurf in Europe.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kite. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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