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Quarterly revenue per available seat mile, or how much money the airline makes for every seat it flies, is expected to jump at least 9.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal

The knob jiggles, the door opens, a moth flies inside, and a lady with gray hair sticks her head out.

From Literature

She went on to write a bestselling autobiographical novel, “Ruth Hall,” a rags-to-riches story about an impoverished widow who flies to fame with her newspaper column.

From The Wall Street Journal

The door flies open, and a woman who must be our grandmother runs out and takes Mother into her arms, saying, “Hijica, hijica, you are here!”

From Literature

Levine and her colleagues set out to answer this question by studying fruit flies known as Drosophila melanogaster.

From Science Daily