skydiving

noun

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as in ballooning

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Recent Examples of skydiving 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 In Butler, Missouri, the next day, 11 passengers and a pilot died when a skydiving plane crashed moments after takeoff. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 All 12 people on board a skydiving plane that crashed shortly after takeoff are presumed dead, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for skydiving
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skydiving
  1. ballooning
  2. gliding
  3. paragliding
  4. soaring
  5. aviation
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  • Examples range from corrupted sales templates and ballooning software projects to flawed marketing screens.
    — Bill Holmes, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Google’s earnings mark the first major test this earnings season for the ballooning capital expenditures trade fueling the artificial intelligence revolution.
    — Samantha Subin,MacKenzie Sigalos,Jonathan Vanian,Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 July 2026
Definition of ballooning
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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
Definition of gliding
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  • In 2018, Alfonso Cahero died for three minutes following a paragliding accident.
    — Alfonso Cahero, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Or, take to the sky for some paragliding, which is also popular at this location.
    — Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
Definition of paragliding
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  • Days later, a feature on CBS Evening News sent interest soaring.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Here, a soaring, nearly 60-foot-long living room topped with a large oval gallery is surrounded by walls of glass overlooking the curving coastline.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Definition of soaring
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  • Families can check out things like vintage airplanes, helicopters, aircraft engines and more artifacts that played a role in shaping Canadian aviation history.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • For Boeing, the F-47 represents one of the company’s most important military aviation projects in decades.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of aviation

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