parachute
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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
One proxy firm, Institutional Shareholder Services, even labeled Zaslav’s package a “golden parachute proposal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
As it turned out, Belgium's mobility ministry did not allow the parachute drop -- which it says would have required suspending air traffic to and from the capital on a peak holiday weekend.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
I feel like I’ve been thrown out of a plane without a parachute when Jeremy says it—even though he means it lightly.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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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
All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The astronauts, who set a distance record, landed in the Pacific Ocean under parachutes a few minutes after 8 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The mission's moment of maximum jeopardy had passed, and soon the spacecraft's red-and-white parachutes opened and sent the capsule sailing majestically through the sky.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
“Colin received an update. RAF parachutes were found in the Channel.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Walker, a 65-year-old London consultant, said she had yet to "make an impression" of the former mayor of Greater Manchester, who was parachuted into the top office by the Labour Party.
From Barron's ● 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
British paratroopers and medics parachuted onto the island to deliver urgent medical supplies for him.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The capsule parachuted safely to sea while the rocket continued its flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
When Valentina was ejected from the ship, she parachuted several hundred miles northeast of the city of Karaganda.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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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
In one striking photo, a kneeling US pilot is confronted by a Kuwaiti local, moments after parachuting from his jet.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Rhodes joined the Army after high school and served for three years before being honorably discharged after a parachuting accident in 1986.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
Tatyana was a secretary, but what she really enjoyed was parachuting, a sport she had taken up in her teens.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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