parachute

Example Sentences

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"Your best view of where you may want to go or where you may want to avoid is while you're coming down in your parachute."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Your parachute should have no holes in it when you finally jump.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

The crew was able to parachute out in time.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank