parachute
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Anyone who has jumped out of a plane with a parachute deserves respect, but to do it 36 times, that’s worthy of a salute.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Hitting the ground -- even with a parachute -- risks foot, ankle, and leg injuries, the former airman explained.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
“We must parachute into Europe,” she wrote before setting out, “like a mother breaking into a burning house to rescue her children.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
She kept it in her plane—she’d take it out and knit until she was given a combat assignment and then she’d tuck it behind her parachute.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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