paragliding

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Recent Examples of paragliding According to the World Air Sports Federation—the governing body for paragliding, skydiving, hot air ballooning, and other aerial sports—the longest distance ever traveled in a paraglider is 379 miles, by Sebastien Kayrouz, over the Caprock Escarpment of Texas in 2021. Owen Clarke, Outside, 22 Aug. 2025 Felix Baumgartner, a daredevil and extreme athlete, died on Thursday after a paragliding accident in Italy. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025 Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver best known for his record-setting dive from space, died in a paragliding accident in Italy Thursday, according to Italian officials. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025 It is also known for outdoor pursuits such as paragliding, trekking and cycling. Fiona Govan, CNN Money, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for paragliding
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Noun
  • Perfect for children’s bedrooms and play spaces, these favorably reviewed linen-blend curtains feature grommets for effortless gliding and breezy stripes in 27 colors that are equally kid- and grownup-friendly.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The team showed that this gliding persists down to –15 degree Celsius, setting a new benchmark for cellular motility in complex, nucleus-bearing organisms.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps thrill seeking is more your style and skydiving, mountain climbing or driving a race car are more in line with your passions.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Or be surfing, skydiving, skateboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing ...
    Emy LaCroix, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • France is struggling with mounting economic challenges and ballooning debt, and the political crisis is aggravating its troubles and raising alarm across the European Union.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • First built by a local governor in 1920, Sir Richard Branson first came across Kasbah during his world ballooning expedition in 1998.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Last week, Oracle surprised Wall Street with a massive $300 billion deal with OpenAI, a five-year deal that helped send Oracle’s stock soaring—and brought simmering fears of an ‘AI bubble’ back to the surface.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Investors lapped it up, sending the stock soaring.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Paragliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragliding. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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