flapping
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SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Floating" is how he describes people working relentlessly just to survive, like a hummingbird that keeps flapping its wings to stay mid-air.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
This newer design has larger flapping wings that support more agile flight.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Others, with flapping doors and broken windows, were surely abandoned, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Gelifen did want the cheese—he clambered across the table, joyfully hungry, and devoured half the plateful before Mal lifted his reluctant, flapping body away.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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