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Though the dry pitch seemed good for batting, a moody morning sky convinced England captain Joe Root to field first and his new-look pace attack was outstanding once more.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Not only did it, the sky also radiated some of Maria’s favorite colors, fall hues, a palate of gold and pale orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

All I could do—and all that thousands of other people nearby could do—was stand there, stare at the cloudless sky, and watch the towers burn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Behind him, veiled by the haze, the sun appeared as an eerie, rust-coloured ball in the brown-grey sky.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

You lean back on your elbows, the night sky reminding you of that last night on the trapeze.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Dark skies, aimless days and spring wildflowers draw many people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“There will simply be drones in Russia’s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

From a location with especially dark skies, you might also notice a faint, cloudy band that appears to rise like steam from the Teapot's spout.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Drone-infested skies are no place for civilian aviation," Zelensky said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 1940—the year Joey first notices sores and bumps, known as “lesions,” on her face—the land, water, and skies around Manila are quiet.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Mr. Chin looked left, looked right, and then jumped in and skied down Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Sunrisers had a glimmer when Seifert skied Abrar Ahmed on 57 but Crawley dropped a tough chance and the belief ebbed out of the visitors.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Atkinson eventually skied Jamieson, leaving Nathan Smith to take the last three for 6-70 - the third-best figures by a New Zealander in a Test at Lord's.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

And there was joy in his face as he skied down the final descent, poles clutched in one hand, his other fist raised in triumph as he came through the line.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

The morning after our arrival at Thessicher’s farm, I took the stove and skied into town.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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 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

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

Openers Phil Salt and Will Jacks combined for 39, but both struggled to unleash their trademark bombastic pinch-hitting and they fell in quick succession, skying catches off the bowling of Jayden Seales.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024

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

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