flying

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The most dedicated and affluent fans will be flying longer distances than ever before to follow their teams around during the games.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

They would occasionally perform a vigorous wet-shake in the middle of a session, sending needles flying across the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Italian dance group Milky have found themselves back in the charts, flying high with a version of their single Just the Way You Are, having hit the top 10 back in 2002.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Boeing has been flying American founding documents around the country on its “Freedom Plane.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He sailed out over the bottoms like a flying squirrel and lit in the top of a good-size bush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls