How to Use take to the sky/skies in a Sentence
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For those dreaming to take to the sky and soar with the clouds, here's your chance.
— Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024 -
Don a Hogwarts robe and take to the skies above The Lands Between.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 -
The Blue Angels are scheduled to take to the skies at 3:35pm each day.
— Melissa Santos, Axios, 31 July 2024 -
But they are not expected to take to the skies in large numbers for years.
— Niraj Chokshi Tony Cenicola, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023 -
The show revolves around young medics and pilots who take to the skies in air ambulances.
— Katie Reul, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023 -
The aircraft were permitted to again take to the skies in 2021, following a two-year ban.
— Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024 -
On Tern, tens of thousands of seabird chicks sat less than a foot apart from each other on the ground, just waiting to lose their down and take to the skies.
— Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023 -
Today's the day for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft to take to the skies.
— Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 May 2022 -
Instead, most migrating birds take to the sky at night to make their southern push.
— Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Millions of Americans are gearing up to hit the highway and take to the skies ahead of the holidays.
— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2023 -
As part of his preparation for school exams, Piccard would set aside his reading and take to the sky.
— Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022 -
The race to take to the skies – vertically and electrically – is tight.
— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024 -
How will air traffic control adapt to a world with rockets blasting off as often as planes take to the skies?
— Charlie Wood, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2020 -
Masses of kites take to the skies in Long Beach, Washington, every summer.
— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024 -
Millions of Americans plan to be like Santa and his reindeer and take to the skies in late December.
— Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2022 -
The Ducks, meanwhile, take to the skies themselves for a six-game road trip to the Southeast, beginning with a Tuesday visit to Nashville.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024 -
The 5-seat aircraft could take to the skies as early as next year, company officials said.
— Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024 -
Larger-capacity electric planes are also in the pipeline and could take to the skies within the next decade.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Data from Hopper, the online travel booking platform, shows that Sundays and the fall are the least popular days for kids to take to the skies.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Or, take to the sky for some paragliding, which is also popular at this location.
— Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Millions are preparing to hit the road and take to the skies for Thanksgiving, but stormy weather is threatening to put a damper on travel plans.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023 -
Salt Lake City International Airport is on pace to see a record number of passengers take to the skies this year.
— Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Thousands of Americans are getting ready to take to the skies for the cold weather holidays, and invariably some of their flights will be canceled.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024 -
Weather permitting, the skywriter will take to the skies, spelling out the confirmation code in smoke.
— Lillian Stone, Jon Plester, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2022 -
Passenger counts are rebounding as travelers take to the skies again.
— Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 9 June 2022 -
Travelers hoping to take to the skies for the holiday season should consider booking their trip next month for the cheapest flight.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2024 -
During spring and fall migrations, birds take to the sky in such quantity that radar stations can tally the number of animals in flight.
— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2023 -
Deaths-by-window peak during migration season, when billions of birds take to the skies at night with their sights set on a destination far away.
— Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021 -
Ticket prices peaked in May, according to Hopper, reflecting a surge in demand for travel as more Americans felt ready to take to the skies again.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 -
Airport terminals that looked abandoned during the height of the pandemic were filling up again this summer with travelers itching to take to the skies again.
— Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
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