parachute
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Some of the income the club will receive will come from parachute payments – money linked to the value of broadcasting rights paid to teams when they are relegated.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
"I suppose we could say we have been fortunate that every time we've been relegated, we have come straight back up and so it keeps the parachute payments," said Little.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“I was a jump master who became in charge of the parachute troopers,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
We can lose one forward bay cover parachute, one drogue, one pilot and one main parachute, and the astronauts will still have a safe landing.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
He tried to set his expression into “bravery in the grip of terrible adversity” but it was difficult with the wind contorting his face as if he were in a free fall without a parachute.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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