take flight
Example Sentences
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The ducks are sitting or preening at the water, or about to take flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Four astronauts -- three Americans and one Canadian -- will take flight in this major mission.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
"Essentially, pterosaur brains quickly transformed acquiring all they needed to take flight from the beginning."
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
In one corner the lanky, headless skeleton of a Quetzalcoatl appears ready to take flight.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024
After him!— before he can take flight to Pylos town or hide at Elis, under Epeian law!
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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