flies

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At Cushing, Okla.—the main U.S. oil-pricing hub—Kpler flies drones equipped with infrared sensors that in effect see through tank walls, estimating storage levels before the government releases its own market-moving data.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“Generally speaking, there are essential ingredients of how a kite flies, so if you don’t have those, perhaps it will fail.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Its core customer has been hit with rising costs; it flies older, fuel-guzzling airplanes; and it faces direct competition from larger U.S. airlines, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The low pace of jobless claims flies in the face of the high-profile layoff announcements at large tech companies that have received a lot of attention.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Opal stared at me and then flicked out her tongue and wound it around her mouth, like a frog catching flies.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff