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wing

[wing] / wɪŋ /
NOUN
organ, device of flight
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Airbus has similarly shut two sites in Salaunes and Mérignac, where it makes critical components ranging from cockpit seat structures to fuselage sections, nose cones and wing flaps for its lineup of commercial aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The day she arrived, Dr. Kathryn Rasp is shown examining the raptor, stretching out a large wing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

In other insects, it helps form durable structures such as wing hinges and tendons that must bend repeatedly without wearing out.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

"That first half was brilliant. England dominated, commanded and controlled everything," added former England wing Ugo Monye.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

But when the lieutenant returned to the room a guard from the women’s wing was with him.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Caught off-guard, she wings it with an analogy to “Home Alone.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Social insects including bees rely on cooling behavior for example fanning their wings when things get too hot to buffer the hive but there are limits as to how effective this is in extreme heat.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Diomande is able to play on both wings.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

To the extent that you were already not familiar: Our man wakes up every day and wings it with whatever international chess pieces are available to him.

From Slate Jul. 25, 2026

At 6:05 a car pulled up; its doors opened like wings.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

It’s a good way not to think about the inevitability of the clouds and cold returning, and to enjoy hummingbirds and other winged neighbors up close instead of through a clammy windowpane.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The country's official motto for 2026 is "Independent neutral Turkmenistan is the homeland of purposeful winged horses".

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

In the pandemic, a slide portrayed surviving startups as winged unicorns escaping a gulch—the “Valley of Coronavirus.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

The eye makeup, with my usual winged corners, was dramatic enough, and my sparkly leo would complete the effect.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

“They’re just kind of winging it and throwing a bunch of applications,” said Trey Chappell, director of College X-ing, a consultant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"The bottom line is, we've gone into great detail with them about the planning. We've described it to them. In fact, it's not just winging it," he told reporters after meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

They'll be winging their way around the world from February, arriving for a string of sold out UK gigs in March.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2026

To form a baseline for judging future changes, the study’s first step has been to create an inventory of the types of butterflies currently winging through the meadows.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 2024

It was an amazing spectacle, those nine helicopters winging through the sky, each with a trussed-up fifty-foot-long giant slung underneath it.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl




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