glide
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The city’s main streets are mostly covered in antidrone nets, but these offer no protection against heavy glide bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
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
Davies said fledglings would "glide like a kite" once they lost their fluff and got their primary feathers, and were shown the ropes by the older generation.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
If you don’t know what that is, it’s when you make an upside-down peace sign and let your fingers glide over the glossy desk, like they were figure skaters.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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Maxine glides along, bathed in gratitude, making assured artistic decisions and certain that she is on the precipice of something that will change her life forever.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides serenely along beneath a beatific sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
While the narrative glides along the original contours—Johnny grows warmer to Linda and reveals an unworshipful, even cavalier attitude to money-making that stirs trouble—Mr. Greenberg has rewritten virtually every line of the play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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
Paces behind the rest, Heather glides along, still looking up.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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Kudos to Styles who managed to mostly keep his composure as Hernández glided around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Then she glided through the backstage area and disappeared out of sight, just like her coach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The USA glided into the final of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics with a 5-0 win against Sweden on Monday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 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
High against the blue, three winged shapes wheeled and glided.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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This too is vaulted, the surfaces above gliding without interruption to the floor; the sense of spatial freedom is contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
She hasn’t dropped a set in three matches, gliding into the fourth round and looking more and more like the favorite in her quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
A lone seagull was gliding along the river’s edge, flipping a wing to correct itself as it went.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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