streaking

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Every night around the world, thousands of automated sky cameras watch for flashes of light streaking across the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

ET on Wednesday, leaving plumes streaking across the sky as its boosters and engines fired away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

In a little over 50 minutes on the pitch, Earl was England's second-highest metre-maker, racking up 77m and streaking in from distance for the game's opening try.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Rocket came galloping toward them from the opposite direction, streaking down the stairs and then around the corner toward the basement.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix