glide
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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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