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parachute

[par-uh-shoot] / ˈpær əˌʃut /




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In the early 1990s, he got into parasailing, strapping tourists into parachutes and towing them behind a speed boat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.

From MarketWatch

There is no air on the moon, so parachutes aren’t helpful.

From Barron's

Filings made to the Securities and Exchange Commission late Monday laid out the details of the eye-popping compensation packages — known on Wall Street as “golden parachutes” — that Warner Bros.’

From MarketWatch

Officially serving as British special-operations troops, they parachuted behind enemy lines and tried to disrupt the Nazi death machine.

From The Wall Street Journal