parachute

Example Sentences

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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

Skydive South West, which operates out of Devon's Dunkeswell Aerodrome, where the man died, said he was using his personal parachute equipment while doing a wingsuit jump with a friend on Saturday.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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

“He had made himself a parachute out of his own dark cloak,” Miss Mortimer explained.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood