sky
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After Archer's first over went for 15, Baker had Lahiru Udara sky to wicketkeeper Buttler.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In early September 2026, Anak Krakatau entered a prolonged explosive phase that lasted for more than 24 hours, sending large amounts of gas and ash into the sky.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The worst part besides the tight squeeze: The young passenger in the window seat kept the shade down during the total solar eclipse he was excited to see from the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
There are usually two people on board a news media helicopter -- the pilot and the reporter-camera operator who frequently reports live from the sky.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Finally, just before dawn, when the sky is still dark, someone calls for the prisoners to make their way to the main building.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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But that dynamic—coupled with where the surge in traffic has been going—is part of what is spurring finger-pointing toward the skies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Many of them routinely make use of aerial coverage, sending helicopters into the city's already busy skies to cover everything from fires to dramatic car chases.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I can still remember how blue the skies in California seemed during that brief interlude.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The only thing gloomier than the leaden skies at lunch on day of the third Test at Edgbaston will have been the mood in the Pakistan dressing room as things went from bad to worse.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Heavy grey skies and steady rain prevailed over Redwall and the Mossflower area.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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
With 98 runs needed from 37 balls, Jahzara Claxton skied a top edge and England's wicketkeeper Jones called for the catch.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Arsenal produced a battling display but lacked attacking quality as PSG dominated with 75% possession and eventually won on penalties as centre-back Gabriel skied his penalty in the shootout.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
He let the two men pass by his hiding spot, then skied toward them from behind.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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The third was skyed, but he was admitted to membership.
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
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
Frederic M. DuMond's "Sea Carvings" in the corner, and Nahl's decorative composition attract, each in its way, while in another corner a badly skyed portrait by Hinkle is scarcely given a chance.
From The Galleries of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus
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
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
Rathnayake charged him a ball later and was caught skying a hideous swipe.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
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
Redaelli was an offensive lynchpin beyond her years in Palisades’ 25-17, 25-18, 5-25, 27-25, 15-12 rivalry win over Venice on Thursday night, raining shots from all angles, skying from the back for the match-clinching kill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 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
The kick-off is a positive luxury under such circumstances; Stansfield needn’t be afraid of skying the ball now, and he isn’t.
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Talbot Baines Reed
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