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glide

[glahyd] / glaɪd /


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“While the drones are a problem, by far the biggest problem for Ukraine is glide bombs,” said Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a British think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The countless repetitions give you the most beautiful art form where swans glide, fairies dance and every year a giant nutcracker appears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Every year, tens of thousands of birds glide over the rusting remains of one of the Mediterranean's largest saltworks, to rest in the rare paradise it left behind.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Robotaxis weave through traffic alongside ordinary cars, while autonomous delivery vans glide along the inside lane as they carry packages to collection points.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Suddenly, we slow and settle into a glide.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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

He has pace, power and glides past people.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

It helps that the morning air glides cool like a constant washcloth against my face.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

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

After Wales centre Eddie James denied Nathan Hughes a try, Tandy's side bounced back as Morgan-Williams glided over before Munster centre Nankivell hit back before the Barbarians.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The gleaming pink boiled-sweet boat glided up to the riverbank.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

Heng and reaching the banks of the Xiang River, the city’s “vast rice fields extend into lotus ponds with fish gliding in and out of the huge fanlike lotus leaves,” she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She points to a stretch of water where three ducks are gliding by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is not normal that he is gliding and sliding and then charging around the baseline, running to the net to meet drop shots, and still sending down second serves at 122 mph.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Rather than flying like modern birds, these dinosaurs were probably adapted for gliding.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Even the air seemed lush and thick here, like velvet, swallowing up the click-click of ladies’ heels and the chatter of men in suits, so that they passed as silently as gliding ships.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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