skies

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The sleek, black machines aren’t destined for battlefields in Ukraine or skies above the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The RAF Voyager is the giant petrol station in the sky for the Typhoon and F-35 jets which have been patrolling the skies over Cyprus and Jordan for the past month.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Their destination was Dubai’s Port of Jebel Ali, a major trading hub, but the jets, missiles and rockets crisscrossing Middle Eastern skies had diverted one ship to the Netherlands and another to Algeria.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Nathan looked at the spiny canopy of the tall, thin pine trees that grew toward the cloud-patched skies.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young