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glide

[glahyd] / glaɪd /


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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

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

“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

A lark went twittering up into the brighter sunshine above, soared and sang and came slowly down, ending with a sideways, spread-wing glide and a wagtail’s run through the grass.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Think of Eberechi Eze in the way he effortlessly glides across the pitch with the ball.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

The car whips around trees and glides over a creek.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

“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

Apple glided by expectations for its recent quarter and provided an even stronger outlook for the current period.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

Their analysis of fossil jaws suggests giant octopuses glided through the oceans equipped with the ability to chew on the hard shells and skeletons of large fish and marine reptiles.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Kudos to Styles who managed to mostly keep his composure as Hernández glided around him.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2026

The figure of the Governor glided past Pong without looking at him.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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

Its Instagram channel shared reels of Roger Federer and other stars gliding across the court to popular 1990s Bollywood hits.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Criss was electric in “Something’s Coming” from “West Side Story,” gliding across the stage as though in a full-scale production.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

This is the airspace Gilgeous-Alexander is gliding into at age 27.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 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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