sky
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The newspaper dubbed him a "Superhero in the sky".
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The scene resembles the Ukrainian flag: yellow fields of corn, sunflowers and wheat, a crisp blue September sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Another is to search for galaxies that might appear in different places on opposite sides of the sky because their light has traveled through a universe that wraps around itself.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
September's full Moon glowed across the UK sky on Saturday and many people seemed to have perfect conditions for viewing it.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Gradually, in the east, a pink-and-gold sunrise would light the immense Brabant sky as Betsie and I squeezed each other’s hands in awe.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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DELHI—As an aviator, Smit Machchhar had piloted through an in-flight birth, turbulent monsoon skies and a high-wire landing in Greece that stretched his skills to the limit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
One of the best-known meteor showers of the year is returning to our skies this week, as the Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley's Comet.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He stands about two feet tall and patrols the skies above Ford’s 12.1-million-square-foot plant in the northern Mexican city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Patrolling the skies above the 12.1-million-square-foot facility, the flying security guard has logged over 300 flights and reduced bird activity by 80%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
More and more, she found herself looking to the skies, hoping to see Brightbill and his flock.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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And that proved the decisive moment as Helm dismissed Ajaz Patel and Tom Scriven skied Naavya Sharma straight up, with captain Ben Geddes taking the winning catch.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
He later returned to wrap up the innings, taking the final wicket when Dilshan Madushanka skied to Brook.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
He claimed that Paltrow skied out of control and slammed into him, causing four broken ribs and permanent brain damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Mr. Chin looked left, looked right, and then jumped in and skied down Everest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A jar of peanut butter had crashed to the floor; someone had gotten a running start, jumped into it, and skied a brown, onefooted track to the stove.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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Making secure her place; Guiding her surely as the worlds through space Do laws sidereal; edicts, thunder-lit, Of skyed eternity, in splendor borne On planetary wings of night and morn.
From An Ode Read August 15, 1907, at the dedication of the monument erected at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in commemoration of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay colony in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-three by Madison Julius Cawein
The picture was received, but was "skyed," that is, placed so high that nobody could well see it.
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton
The third was skyed, but he was admitted to membership.
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
In the Salon that year six thousand pictures were offered, and only two thousand accepted, and many of these were "skyed."
From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
In these fancies Cornelia even had them come to New York, to see her picture in position; it was not on the line, of course, and yet it was not skyed.
From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells
On the second pitch of his at-bat, he got one, skying the game-winning sacrifice fly plenty deep to center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Harry Brook, just when he looked like he had done it, skying one to send Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins on a collision course, the ball eventually landing safely with the Australian captain.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
Mexico pushed and pushed, skying one over the goal early in stoppage time among other attempts that caused sighs, and then at five minutes beyond 90 the whole thing collapsed with a rare Saudi counterattack.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
He had 105 yards on six catches, with two receiving touchdowns, by either gliding uncovered up the seams or skying over defenders.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
This insolent question needed no answer, and Major Flint drove, skying the ball to a prodigious height.
From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
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