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
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
The sea monster fell into a smooth glide just below the surface, the dark water skimming to either side as they flushed along the river toward the bay.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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
Where her music was once jittery, now it glides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
One whispers, “I don’t think we can cut it, though,” once she glides out of the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
She glides as easy as a hand on the surface of water.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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
As a flotilla of tall ships glided by behind him, he asked Americans to "reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
After Wales centre Eddie James denied Nathan Hughes a try, Tandy's side bounced back as Morgan-Williams glided over before Munster centre Nankivell hit back before the Barbarians.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
The black shadow glided up onto his shoes.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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
The lively Gregoire Arfeuil followed soon after, gliding onto Yoram Moefana's neat inside ball to give France a 14-5 lead.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
This is the airspace Gilgeous-Alexander is gliding into at age 27.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
It’s like they’re somewhere else, gliding and spinning.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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