skies

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A White House spokesperson couldn’t be immediately reached to discuss the disconnect between the shootdown and previous claims that the U.S. had complete control of the skies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The RAF Voyager is the giant petrol station in the sky for the Typhoon and F-35 jets which have been patrolling the skies over Cyprus and Jordan for the past month.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

On holing his final putt, Woodland, 41, spread his arms wide and looked to the skies, before tears flowed as he embraced his wife Gabby.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It simply focuses its gaze on the dark skies above.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer