parachute

In March 2023, a woman training to skydive solo flew her parachute into live power lines in Lake Elsinore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The gold plug was pulled, LIV scrambled to locate a new sugar daddy, and hailed savior BC Partners pulled its parachute this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Championship clubs not in receipt of parachute payments would pay around £45,000 per season, with League One clubs paying around £9,000, and League Two clubs £6,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

While parachute payments provide something of a cushion, relegation from the Premier League is still a considerable financial hit.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

In the distance Nina could see another parachute, but she didn’t know which of her crewmates it was.

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

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

For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of their experiences.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

And they were still so close to German territory that they were afraid they’d be blown back over the front lines if they tried to use their parachutes.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Walker, a 65-year-old London consultant, said she had yet to "make an impression" of the former mayor of Greater Manchester, who was parachuted into the top office by the Labour Party.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Glasgow was parachuted in to host the Games after the Australian state of Victoria dropped out, and was partly picked because so much infrastructure was already in place.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 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

When Valentina was ejected from the ship, she parachuted several hundred miles northeast of the city of Karaganda.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

But in a rare GQ profile ahead of his much-anticipated new film, “Digger,” Cruise’s zeal reaches heights even the intrepid actor might think twice about parachuting from.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

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