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wings 1 of 2

noun

plural of wing

as in factions

a group of people acting together within a larger group the conservative wing of the party

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wing

as in flies

to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter

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Recent Examples of wings

Noun

If you have ever been stuck in traffic wishing your car could sprout wings, Samson Sky has been working on something pretty close. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Here are seven tips that make a real difference in texture, plus an easy recipe for the buttery, tangy lemon pepper wet wings Atlanta knows and loves. — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026 What’s now a polished lodge—two- and three-story wings along the shoreline, fishing boats named Eel Grass and Sea Wolf docked out front—was a defunct forestry homestead when the Nation bought it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026 Hamas and other armed groups operate media outlets, as well as political parties, charities and other civilian institutions alongside their highly secretive armed wings. — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The Shark Club serves all of the above, plus copious quantities of the usual chicken wings, burgers, nachos and brunch items on weekends. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026 Visitors traveling across Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay earlier this month may have seen a strange-looking boat with wings and a whale-like tail floating in the estuary’s calm late-summer waters. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

This news soon wings its way to Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), the magazine’s publisher, who hires her to be Runway’s features editor. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026

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Noun

There are multiple factions with a variety of goals and assessments about the technology's promise, dangers and how it should be governed.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Various events bring together factions of a fashion industry that is acutely aware of the vastness of its environmental footprint and how little is being done to mitigate it.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of factions

Noun

Under the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June that collapsed within days, Iran's nuclear program was meant to be discussed over a 60-day period.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
The group of senators — which includes all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Africa panel — criticized both sides of the conflict.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of sides

Verb

After lingering over spaghetti alle vongole at Ristorante Lido Azzurro, which hovers over the sea near Amalfi’s harbor, zip around the coast to sea caverns and grottos, pausing for dips in secluded spots away from the crowds.

— Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
Those sources said that Cultural Counsel’s workforce now hovers around 18.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of hovers

Noun

The parties involved in the litigation—as well as Red Lobster itself, which is not being sued—declined to comment for this article, but their court filings lay out the sad saga in dramatic detail.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
This means that many times, HOAs have a measure of control over home decor and public gatherings of residents, such as parades, festivals and holiday parties – including which holidays are celebrated at all.

— Stephanie A. Dhuman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of parties

Verb

Its nonslip handle has an ergonomic shape to get a comfortable grip, and the blade glides smoothly to peel away the skin without removing the best parts of the fruit underneath it.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026
Ma wanted to call me Lili, music that glides off the back of your teeth.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of glides

Verb

Seabourn sails the 264-passenger Seabourn Venture and twin Seabourn Pursuit, two lavish all-suite polar-class expedition ships cruising remote itineraries, each with two submarines.

— Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Some of my favorites are coming back too, like El Pulpo Magnifico, Duane Flatmo's fire-breathing octopus, and the Monaco, a 40-foot ship with three masts that sails across dust instead of water.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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