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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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Warner’s outgoing chief executive Zaslav will leave with a golden parachute valued at about $887 million, which includes cash, stock and options valued at more than $550 million, according to regulatory filings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I remember one guy said, 'I wish I could parachute outta here,'" he chuckles, dismissing it as "locker room talk".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft touched down safely by parachute on July 26 at 5:27 a.m.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

As military aircraft staged flyovers, members of the Army and Navy parachute teams jumped with giant U.S. flags over the mall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

A panzer counterattack west of the Vire was smashed on the eleventh of July, but the American drive toward St.-Lô was stopped by a German parachute corps.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Its parachutes and cushioning airbags had deployed as planned.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Former Montana smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes into rural terrain to contain wildfires — Sam Forstag is also hoping to go to D.C. as the state’s first Democratic member of Congress in 30 years.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Some stagger around mutely, staring at the remaining silver parachutes in their hands, as if they still might have something precious inside.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Rumors have persisted that a compromise candidate could be parachuted into the process at the behest of the powerful five veto-wielding Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Omar Marmoush: Debutant was quickly parachuted into starting line-up, having tormented Newcastle so many times before with Manchester City.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Base jumpers parachuted from its heights, and a performance artist recorded himself teetering along a 1-inch-wide slackline strung between two of the properties’ 40-story towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

“Anyone could be an enemy agent. Scouting the roads. Planning acts of sabotage. Did you hear that German troops parachuted into Holland disguised as nuns?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Speaking of parachuting and the Queen, add the Olympic Stadium to 007 venues, where in the summer of 2012 stuntpeople dressed as the monarch and the dashing womaniser made a dramatic entrance.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In 2026, it’s more like parachuting onto the roof.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Sereni, who recited cantos from Dante in Italian to calm his nerves, was offered a British alias for the parachuting mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

She continued parachuting and competed with the Soviet National Aerobatics Team in England in 1970.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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