flight

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When I started traveling a lot, businessmen would order a drink and have a $20 bill and the flight attendant would have to go up and down the plane looking for change.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

It is understood there was no issue with the power bank, but regulations state power banks are not allowed to be charging in the hold during a flight.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

China is testing the equipment required for its goal, with an orbital test flight of its new Mengzhou spacecraft set for 2026.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

There was a tendency, in markets and life, for people to respond to the possibility of extreme events in one of two ways: flight or fight.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis