flying
Example Sentences
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Ray stands and CPU takes a flying leap off my lap.
From Literature
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"In winter, everything is white, and if you are flying in a helicopter, for example, and have to monitor an area, you cannot see if a snowmobile has been driven down to a fjord."
From Barron's
The school account added: “As for what intelligence you believe could be gathered flying Cessnas in Redding, California… That assumption speaks for itself.”
From Los Angeles Times
The FAA ignored them, and the Black Hawk was flying that route when it collided with American Airlines Flight 5342.
“I may start flying another airline in protest. After all, there will be nothing differentiating Southwest anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times
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