flying

Example Sentences

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“But right now, softball is on a rocket ship. Let’s keep on cooking, let’s keep on flying, let’s show that if you build it, they will come.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

By spring of 2025, candidates were already flying to Iowa and New Hampshire to “get to know voters.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

He served with 845 Naval Air Squadron flying the Sea King Mk4, which included flying in Norway, Jordan, Afghanistan and "embarked operations" on maritime vessels, and was selected for promotion to lieutenant commander in 2020.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Discovery is known for flying more miles in space than any other shuttle orbiter, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit and making an early rendezvous with Russia’s Mir space station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“But I’m fine even though we just got hit by a flying tree.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith