parachute
Example Sentences
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In order to bring other spacecraft back to the ground, engineers have relied on parachutes, or designed the vehicle so that it can land on a runway.
From BBC
The rig also allows a jumper whose main parachute has failed to pull the ripcord using either hand and from any direction.
From Washington Post
A video showed a big explosion as the plane slammed into the ground, with its pilot descending on a parachute.
From Seattle Times
Doug and his family call upon their faith as a kind of invisible parachute, a deus ex machina that can always save them from harm.
From New York Times
Then a parachute attached to the net deploys to soften the landing.
From Scientific American
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