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Recent Examples of glider
Last year all four auditoriums at VOX Mall of the Emirates were renovated and the chain's standard product was upgraded to premier offering guests the choice of gliders or reclining seats as well as state-of-the-art laser projectors.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Foster, fascinated by machines—and perhaps most appreciative of other people when they’re seen from an L. S. Lowry-like distance—had taken to flying gliders, and then planes.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The seats have what look like makeshift wings above them as they are meant to be gliders created by Hiccup.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Expect to find swivel gliders in airy white linen, cribs and dressers accented with handwoven caning, and daybeds made from honey-toned rattan.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Foster, fascinated by machines—and perhaps most appreciative of other people when they’re seen from an L. S. Lowry-like distance—had taken to flying gliders, and then planes.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The seats have what look like makeshift wings above them as they are meant to be gliders created by Hiccup.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Expect to find swivel gliders in airy white linen, cribs and dressers accented with handwoven caning, and daybeds made from honey-toned rattan.
—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
Noun
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2022
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As a biplane climbs to 8,500 feet, on a gloomy afternoon in April 1933, Swan’s daredevil plan is to leap from the metal hopper beneath the lower wing, drop through the clouds, and, at the precise moment the rocket in his backpack ignites, explode up into space.—
Howard Blum,
airmail.news,
15 Feb. 2025
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As previously teased, the big stunt for this entry will involve Cruise hanging outside of a functioning 1930s biplane, shots of which are also seen in the teaser.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The rest of her family could be seen trailing behind her and their luggage could also be seen on the shore near the seaplane.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
27 Nov. 2024
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Tourist vessels now chug up and down the channel in between the islands, which was once so empty that Bill and Melinda Gates could land their seaplane slap-bang in the middle.—
Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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“Glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glider. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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