parachute

Example Sentences

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Jalalabad residents told AFP that they saw a person who parachuted from the plane before being detained.

From Barron's

Oceanwide also owes back taxes to Los Angeles County and money to repay the city for security put in place in response to the graffiti and other incidents such as parachute leaps.

From Los Angeles Times

“Going to parachute out halfway for your next book?”

From Literature

Zubrin’s balloons are dropped from airplanes, helicopters or drones, and fill with air like a parachute, absorbing the sun’s heat to stay buoyant.

From The Wall Street Journal

He tried to set his expression into “bravery in the grip of terrible adversity” but it was difficult with the wind contorting his face as if he were in a free fall without a parachute.

From Literature