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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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In March 2023, a woman training to skydive solo flew her parachute into live power lines in Lake Elsinore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The gold plug was pulled, LIV scrambled to locate a new sugar daddy, and hailed savior BC Partners pulled its parachute this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

As one of the league's highest recipients of TV income, United would not remotely be covered by the parachute payments available to relegated clubs.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Championship clubs not in receipt of parachute payments would pay around £45,000 per season, with League One clubs paying around £9,000, and League Two clubs £6,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A panzer counterattack west of the Vire was smashed on the eleventh of July, but the American drive toward St.-Lô was stopped by a German parachute corps.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

An inquiry is ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office, which said the Federal Aviation Administration will collect their parachutes for further investigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Its parachutes and cushioning airbags had deployed as planned.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Former Montana smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes into rural terrain to contain wildfires — Sam Forstag is also hoping to go to D.C. as the state’s first Democratic member of Congress in 30 years.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

During World War II, the DuPont company turned its scientific and manufacturing capacity to national service, producing munitions, nylon parachutes, Lucite airplane turrets, and many other products for the war effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

On the other hand, we had to be a hundred percent certain not to jettison the parachutes before the spacecraft hit the water.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

Two RAF pilots ejected and parachuted out of their plane before the training aircraft crashed.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Base jumpers parachuted from its heights, and a performance artist recorded himself teetering along a 1-inch-wide slackline strung between two of the properties’ 40-story towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

British paratroopers and medics parachuted onto the island to deliver urgent medical supplies for him.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

The passenger, in a helmet and bright orange flight suit, had parachuted down near a village in the Ural Mountains.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

In one striking photo, a kneeling US pilot is confronted by a Kuwaiti local, moments after parachuting from his jet.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

A second video verified by Storyful showed people parachuting to the ground nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Rhodes joined the Army after high school and served for three years before being honorably discharged after a parachuting accident in 1986.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025

Soon after she won the national parachuting championship in 1961, she was recruited for the female cosmonaut program.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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