flight

Example Sentences

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"We know they're nesting when we start seeing single cranes out in flight," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Rick Henfling, flight director for the Artemis II mission, stressed Tuesday that "the toilet remains operational. The challenge that we're working through is evacuating the wastewater tank," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Passengers had just boarded an early Monday morning Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to London when a wave of phone missile alerts swept the cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I felt as if my insides took flight inside my body as I read the instructions.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler