paragliding

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Recent Examples of paragliding From paragliding in Turkey to watching the Olympics opening ceremony, these are the activities that stuck with us. Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2026 From paragliding over the canyon’s staggering cliffs to white-water rafting on the Río Suárez, there is adrenaline and contrast in every corner. Jeaninne Sanz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025 Their tropical adventure included paragliding and plenty of beach time. Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 Check another Bay Area paragliding site in Milpitas. Ray Chavez, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 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
  • These include a cafe built atop one of the bridge towers, approached by a glass elevator, and platforms designed for adventure activities such as bungee jumping and skydiving, as well as a glass walkway offering views of the canyon below.
    Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The distributor is also showing Space Cowboy, directed by Marah Strauch (Sunshine Superman) and Bryce Leavitt, featuring Joe Jennings, a renowned skydiving stunt coordinator and free fall cinematographer, also opens in limited release at the IFC Center in New York.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The nearly six-week-long war in Iran may be occurring thousands of miles away from NATO headquarters, but its impacts are reverberating throughout Europe in the form of ballooning fuel prices and the risk of energy shortages.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In 2019, with costs ballooning and the timeline years off schedule, bipartisan political pressure mounted.
    Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Within a few years, two partners started another express delivery company — Wells Fargo — to push farther west as the Gold Rush sent California's population soaring.
    Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a near-standstill for weeks amid the Iran war, sending prices of oil and other key goods soaring.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026

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“Paragliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragliding. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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