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wing

[wing] / wɪŋ /
NOUN
organ, device of flight
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AI also could pose challenges to the company’s entertainment wing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

So by the time, Asghedom reached out to finalize “Prolific” — which carried a different title during its original 2017 sessions — Rideaux was no longer just the promising mentee Hussle took under his wing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Ocasio-Cortez, widely known by her initials AOC, burst onto the national political scene with an upset congressional victory in 2018 and rapidly became a leading voice of the Democratic Party's left wing.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Jamie Gittens is another option on the left wing, while Pedro Neto and new arrival Geovany Quenda are primarily right-sided players.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Mr. Cranston liked to have bulged out of his wing collar.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

A report said its members visited in pairs due to "feeling unsafe on the wings" and had noted doors and gates left open.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

At the foot of the coffin was an engraving of a pair of wings that were embroidered on one of her stage jackets.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Waiting in the wings was a group of more than a dozen friends and family there to see Alejandra Estrada and Brien Rios exchange vows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Cartridges fixed on the aircraft's wings contain a substance that, when dispersed, sticks to cloud droplets, making them heavy enough to fall as rain.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

But I’d know those deep black wings and forked tail anywhere.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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

Painters also adopted European conventions emphasizing divine rule in imperial portraits, as in a posthumous one of Akbar with a halo and winged cherubs above him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The concept combines the reusable winged booster from DLR's long running SpaceLiner program with an expendable upper stage.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 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

Frank grinned and winged his ball at Phil.

From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon

She said the couple were "winging" the last days of their stay in north Wales in their camper van.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Mr. Awoke’s material is rich and his writing is stately, but as a storyteller he seems to be winging it.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 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

Yet our understanding of the science of disease and vaccination isn’t a product of “experts” simply winging it; it’s the product of years of empirical data, all available publicly.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2024

And where was Lupito’s soul winging to, or was it washing down the river to the fertile valley of my uncles’ farms?

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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