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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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“This time, Zaslav’s going to walk away with a billion-dollar parachute and Paramount may end up with these crown jewels assets when it comes to movie-making and television programming,” Proaño said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The army crew named him Little Reg, short for regiment - after the parachute group Petherbridge is a member of.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

Somehow he’d allowed this parachute jump to get to him and he was too scared to move.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Brakes alone cannot slow the cars fast enough, so parachutes are deployed from the car's rear at the finish.

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

For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of their experiences.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Like I’ve been shoved out of the airplane without a parachute because mothers are the parachutes.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Two pilots, a trainee and an experienced professional, who ejected and parachuted out of their plane moments before it crashed are expected to make a full recovery, the RAF has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

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

There is always a measure of shock when you leave the trail and find yourself parachuted into a world of comfort and choice, but it was different this time.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The 82nd can perform a range of missions including shooting down threats and parachuting into hostile territory to secure airfields and land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But in a rare GQ profile ahead of his much-anticipated new film, “Digger,” Cruise’s zeal reaches heights even the intrepid actor might think twice about parachuting from.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 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

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

Soon after she won the national parachuting championship in 1961, she was recruited for the female cosmonaut program.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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