parachute
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Troy has barely snapped a pic before he is forced to parachute into the Siberian wilderness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Airdropping personnel with parachute systems is impractical because, unfortunately, the enemy's assets can neutralize them very rapidly," said 24-year-old instructor Axel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"I remember one guy said, 'I wish I could parachute outta here,'" he chuckles, dismissing it as "locker room talk".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft touched down safely by parachute on July 26 at 5:27 a.m.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
She was seriously wondering whether they could fashion a parachute out of their shirts—that’s how desperate she was—when something about their surroundings changed.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Sam Forstag, a 31-year-old union leader and former smokejumper - a person who parachutes in to fight forest fires - just won the Democratic nomination for Montana's 1st congressional district, defeating a more establishment candidate.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
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
All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Glover recounted parts of the re-entry sequence, including a few moments before the main parachutes on their vehicle deployed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
They opened their parachutes, but they lost each other in the sky as they fell.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
He said this includes pharmaceuticals which need to be manufactured in micro-gravity conditions before being parachuted to Earth.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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
British paratroopers and medics parachuted onto the island to deliver urgent medical supplies for him.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
In July 1945, toward the end of World War II, American soldiers parachuted into North Vietnam with orders to find and to help Ho Chi Minh.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Commander Dave Lee, Royal Navy Parachute Display Team, spent the event parachuting into Pendennis Castle at the beginning of the eclipse.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
Our ideas are silly—mailing ourselves to the lab as packages or parachuting in.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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