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wing

[wing] / wɪŋ /
NOUN
organ, device of flight
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The first time Guardiola decided to move Messi away from the wing was for defensive reasons.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

All of this gave my editors an idea: send me to D.C. wearing a pair of Don’s preferred wing tips.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

In 2009, lifelong Beatles fan Faith Cohen launched Global Beatles Day on a wing and a prayer.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

"We've never seen Leicester do this," said Tom Varndell, a former Tigers wing and BBC Radio Leicester summariser.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Doves flew up from their perches, lizards darted out of the way, a squirrel with a striped tail leaped up a branch, and a bush fowl took to the wing from out of nowhere.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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