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glide

[glahyd] / glaɪd /


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Sinner, meanwhile, will glide back slowly to Cincy, taking time off following an impressive victory at Wimbledon.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 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

After reentering the atmosphere, it would glide on wings before being captured in mid air by a large subsonic aircraft.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

"This sport is indescribable. When you catch a wave, ride it, glide along it, that feeling can't be put into words," said 23-year-old Tahseen Abu Assi, who learned how to surf from his father.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

I glide beneath the trees, transform into wind.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

It is layered under a sheer, billowed-sleeve floor-length windbreaker that glides on the runway.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 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

The Australian attack was too often too wide and England's number four tucked into cuts, deft glides and cover drives.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2026

From the first moments she glides across the frame, Paltrow is pulling focus.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2025

Before I start my first song, a rich-looking woman glides by.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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

For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of their experiences.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Like walking museum plaques, they glided through rooms in silk brocade gowns, panniers extending their hips to improbable widths, dispensing facts about furnishings.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

And last year England overtook France, as Elliot Daly glided in for a decisive last-gasp try in a 26-25 victory.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2026

Roz glided over the edge of an undersea cliff, and with the storm still raging above, she dove straight down into the gloom.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 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

It’s gliding along the water, occasionally changing direction or ruffling its feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Those kind of scenes come once in never, where you feel like you’re letting the character drive, and you’re just gliding behind it.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Moments before the visitor alarm rang, Aru’s mom had been gliding through the cramped two-bedroom apartment connected to the museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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