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[flahy] / flaɪ /






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But perhaps the most pervasive problem is the speed at which people fly down the road, he said, recalling trucks racing each other and kids doing wheelies on dirt bikes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Just don’t expect to fly under the radar while you’re checking someone out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

You could fly into a major metropolitan area like Miami to scout places and easily plunk down your entire $2 million nest egg in one day.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Zilinskaite said Lomas was "enthusiastic" and was "absolutely sure she wanted to fly".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

In a way, it felt even stranger to ride on a dragon walking through town than to fly with her.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Zipline, which started out a decade ago delivering blood and medical supplies in Rwanda, already flies food and retail orders in Texas and Arkansas for partners such as Walmart and Chipotle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

That’s 28 miles as the crow flies, but our route, with a detour for lunch in Cuyama, swelled the journey to more than 100 miles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The carcass of a four-month-old calf, swarming with flies, lay half-devoured by hyenas.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Noxious smoke and an influx of rats and flies attracted to rotting meat stored at the facility have tormented neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

A carpenter bee flies into your classroom window.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

He came back to Iowa to meet them again a year later, this time with a date, a venue and a flyer he could hand to them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

You’ve made so much money in this long bull market, why not take a flyer here and there?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The flyer also said: "In the name of Allah the best healer we aim to achieve over 90% cure rate in the most challenging illnesses eg cancers."

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

By early February of that year, the company was days away from announcing its new plan to car dealers, including a fax-based marketing plan and promotional flyer, ready for final approval.

From Salon Mar. 30, 2026

A bulletin board on the far cinderblock wall displayed one faded flyer.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

“If you have an outfit on, but you don’t have cologne on or you don’t smell good, do you even have the flyest fit on? What’s the point,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2024

She told her fellow graduates and their families that they were “the flyest class ever to do it.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2023

Unlike her fellow Jersey teens who insist that superheroes aren’t cool, Kamala Khan, the heroine of Marvel’s upcoming Ms. Marvel series, thinks capes are the flyest thing in the world.

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2022

In denim overalls, a matching jacket and red cap, he cruises out on what looks like the concert platform of the flyest club in town.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2021

The weird-looking dude, Lu, was decked out in the flyest gear.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds

The first minister flew to Boston on 11 June for Scotland's opening match, before taking part in trade talks in Kentucky three days later.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Suzanne and Jim Moller, who wore “Fight On” Trojan shirts for the event, flew in from Chicago to see their son, Keith, move into his dorm and enroll at the Marshall School of Business.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

And we all know what happened to the guy who flew too close to the sun.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Last year nearly 1,000 suspicious drones flew over critical infrastructure in Germany, according to police.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

She scoffed, and her gaze briefly flew up to the rafters.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Central Florida’s Coco Jaimes flied out to end the inning, but the Knights had scored three to cut UCLA’s lead to 6-4.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

That cut the Guardians’ lead to three runs before Will Smith flied out to deep center to end it.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

After Bryce Teodosio flied out for the second out of the inning, Yamamoto’s day was done.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

After sheepishly returning to home plate amid a taunting roar from the hostile Dodger Stadium crowd, he flied out with a runner on second.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2025

I kept the hole open, Mr. Thomas, and so Banty flied in.

From A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott

Water-bombing aircraft flown in from Norway, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have been grounded by low clouds, and the local governor's office said it "remains to be confirmed" whether they would be able to deploy.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

"It was probably the best concert I've ever been at," agreed Clare, who'd flown from Monaghan in Ireland for the opening night.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The room was on the 15th floor or something, and I guess the bird had flown into the glass.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“But they did not say he was somewhere he was not, and within hours officials revealed that he had been flown to a military facility in Nebraska.”

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

Beginning in January 1942, some of the young women who’d never flown before but who were training as navigators took their first flights.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The line that set off the frenzy, in its entirety, is: “He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar.”

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

A flying club said it was "very saddened" after a "very popular" member and his wife died in a plane crash.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

“He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar.”

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Pirela, 34, was flying to Phoenix, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Bork threw mud back, and then the rest joined in and mud was flying everywhere.

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




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