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In a wide-ranging interview, Blanc urged the government to avoid policy "kite flying" ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget on 28 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

For me, the Multistrada is like a kite that grows more stable the faster the wind blows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

She has a degree in mechanical engineering, and has previously worked as a guide at Everest basecamp, scaled mountain summits and set altitude kite surfing records.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Every summer since 2009, residents have gathered on this hill for a kite festival, held on land they say has been partly lost after being confiscated by settlers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Chances of us flying my kite on the beach at the crack of dawn?

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Banned items include balloons, kites, parachutes and paragliders.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

No suspicious materials were attached to the kites and they did not pose a threat, the military said.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

As the afternoon wears on, the wind begins to fade and the kites slowly drift back to earth.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

My wildlife checklist grew: red kites, black-winged kites, common buzzards, golden eagles, Spanish imperial eagles, a goshawk, three types of owl, two kinds of vulture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

In Kabul, fighting kites was a little like going to war.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

And then he saw Moss in single coverage and kited that beautiful touchdown pass to put the Redskins ahead again.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2012

When he pocketed the kited check after Cooper discovered it, I thought for a moment that he might take pity on his fellow partner.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2012

One member kited 996 checks totaling $251,000 during that time, a rate of about one a day; another legislator issued 743 bad checks for $595,000 worth of goods and services.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a plea-bargaining arrangement, Zaccaro admitted to two specific allegations: that he had tampered with a copy of an appraisal and that he had kited his net worth to $21.6 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull kited the bead and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

In 1994, Moore went to France as part of a seven-week European kiting tour.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2019

Kite clubs around Seattle and Whidbey Island can help you get involved in group events — or check our list of top kiting spots and go solo.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2016

In the early 1990’s, Bankers Trust Company suspected that Madoff and a friend of his named Norman Levy had been kiting checks.

From Forbes ● Sep. 26, 2014

But otherwise he consistently skirts the sublime, whether in the oceanic washes of Open Up Your Door, Tonight the Streets Are Ours' breezy hula, or hallucinogenic kiting tune Don't Stare At The Sun.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2013

"But, then, why don't we frequently see people kiting off the earth as the result of explosions?"

From Disowned by Victor A. Endersby