fly
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THE FLY SWEEP: The Beavers snapped a 10-game winning streak for the home team in the 2007 Civil War when freshman James Rodgers scored on a fly sweep for a 38-31 double-overtime victory at Autzen.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2019
FLY THE SKY broke a bit slowly, settled inside then just off the rail leaving the backstretch, came out on the turn and four wide into the stretch and lacked a rally.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2019
The FLY Anywhere bike, Peloton claims, uses the same technology to display live and archived cycling classes, track rider performance and compare at-home riders’ performance to others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2018
THE DRY FLY is the classic type of artificial fly made by winding a hackle feather around the shaft of a hook to get that buggy look.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2015
A FLY of medium size made its way into the nose of the assistant procurator, Gagin.
From The Schoolmaster by Garnett, Constance