fly by
Example Sentences
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The Artemis 2 mission is the first crewed one to the Moon -- the astronauts will not land, only fly by it -- since the last Apollo flight in 1972.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
After the fly by, the astronauts will begin their four-day journey home.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Some of us are poring over newspapers or dreamily watching the countryside fly by.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
Realmuto reached third base on the play and scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly by Harrison Bader.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025
Early humans certainly didn’t fly by helicopter from Alaska to Meadowcroft and Monte Verde, skipping all the landscape in between.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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