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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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Troy has barely snapped a pic before he is forced to parachute into the Siberian wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

"Airdropping personnel with parachute systems is impractical because, unfortunately, the enemy's assets can neutralize them very rapidly," said 24-year-old instructor Axel.

From Barron's 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

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

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

He said: "We've had Gayle King and Katy Perry come back safely to Earth with parachutes using fabric that was made right here in Devon."

From BBC Jun. 17, 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 nights become quiet and the hunt for copper driving-bands and the silken parachutes of the French star-shells begins.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

He said this includes pharmaceuticals which need to be manufactured in micro-gravity conditions before being parachuted to Earth.

From BBC Jun. 17, 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

It is the first time the UK military has parachuted in medical personnel to provide humanitarian support, according to the MoD.

From BBC May 10, 2026

In July 1945, toward the end of World War II, American soldiers parachuted into North Vietnam with orders to find and to help Ho Chi Minh.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

When I looked up, I saw a crop duster plunging his little plane over a field of growing things, behind him a cloud of pesticides parachuting out.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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