flown

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United announced 750 flights per day this summer at O’Hare — 200 more than American and the largest schedule ever flown by any airline operating there.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

"This is the first time astronauts have ever flown on this spacecraft before. That's what we're most interested in getting data from," he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Although he has never flown in space before, he has played a key role in training new astronauts at Nasa's Johnson Space Centre, becoming the first Canadian to lead that work.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The MQ-9s flown by the Air Force, which cost at least $16 million each, are no longer manufactured by General Atomics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

That spring morning she had flown over the sea with her bare feet skimming the water, her boots in her pockets, the ocean spray flecking her ankles, laughing with the speed and joy of it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell