glide
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Tech scion David Ellison for months projected confidence that his blockbuster Hollywood merger was on a glide path to completion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"Jian and the other microraptors probably weren't capable of true, powered flight, but they could probably glide like a flying squirrel," says O'Connor.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
“A consensus 80,000 print with unemployment at 4.3% says slow glide, not stall,” First Citizens Bank’s Phil Neuhart said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"We feel super strongly about keeping the price of a flat white under £4 for as long as possible," Anthony Duckworth tells me, as rowing boats glide past.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
I even hum the viola parts as I glide the bow across the strings.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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It is layered under a sheer, billowed-sleeve floor-length windbreaker that glides on the runway.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Where her music was once jittery, now it glides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Nothing seems to ruffle his fur as this political veteran glides from crisis to crisis with feline calm, and the lick of a paw.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
From the first moments she glides across the frame, Paltrow is pulling focus.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
The waiter smiles and kind of glides away.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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On Thursday afternoon, Shadow glided into the nest with KD1 not far behind, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that runs the livestream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
As a flotilla of tall ships glided by behind him, he asked Americans to "reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Masterful France captain Dupont again glided through the Welsh defence but centre Brau-Boirie lost possession with the try-line beckoning.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Animals smiled as the owl glided over, hooting, “Don’t be afraid! A little caution is all you need!”
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Then they spend hours gliding downstream past scenery that might as well be a Northern California highlight reel: vineyards, redwood forests and eventually a beach scene full of driftwood and sea stacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rather than flying like modern birds, these dinosaurs were probably adapted for gliding.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
This is the airspace Gilgeous-Alexander is gliding into at age 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
It’s like they’re somewhere else, gliding and spinning.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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