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skydiving

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as in ballooning

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Recent Examples of skydiving The two first met when Missroon was Walsh's tandem skydiving instructor. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 When the day arrived, Page, 26, thought the pair were simply doing the skydiving outing as a fun experience. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 Skydive Kansas City had planned eight skydiving flights out of Butler Memorial Airport that day, the NTSB said. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 The crash, which authorities said involved multiple experienced jumpers, shocked the skydiving community. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for skydiving

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Although modern recreational hot-air ballooning was still in its infancy in the United States, its popularity was soaring, with technological breakthroughs in the 1960s having made the sport safer and more predictable.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
While the Education Committee would work on public school funding, Criss’ Finance Committee would tackle the ballooning costs of the Hope Scholarship.

— Henry Culvyhouse, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026

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Visitors especially enjoy paragliding and hang-gliding in the area, as well as canoeing and hiking all around the Valley.

— Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 July 2026
And in 2022, Ristroph studied the surpassingly complex aerodynamics of what makes a good paper airplane—specifically what is needed for smooth gliding.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

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Hutzler started training to fly the contraption — also known as powered paragliding — in 2021 in Florida and later became an instructor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Sailing through the Drake Passage is like being on a mountain bike and joining in with a herd of stampeding bison, or like paragliding between Alpine peaks in the middle of the wildest storm.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said Friday afternoon that all four Moscow airports -- Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky -- stopped flights arriving and departing for security reasons.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
The United States invented the airplane but had no national aviation policy, and Europe was pulling ahead.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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