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
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
"Jian and the other microraptors probably weren't capable of true, powered flight, but they could probably glide like a flying squirrel," says O'Connor.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Walter turns on the propeller fan, and we glide away from the shack.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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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
"The way he carries the ball and he glides past players. Often he offloads it at the right time. His vision and understanding of the game is phenomenal for someone so young."
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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
Rachelle’s mouth moves and her hand glides over the board, drawing funny shapes and numbers.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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
South Africa took advantage of their extra man when the ball was moved left to Arendse and he glided over.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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
In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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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An hour after the final whistle, the only sound heard at Ibrox was the hum of three lawnmowers gliding over the turf.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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
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
My body is still moving and shaking, bebopping and gliding across the floor.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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