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a person who habitually preys upon others
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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Recent Examples of kite
Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
One of their first products was a drone to tackle incendiary balloons and kites launched by Hamas.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
Royal Air Force pilots flying over the region in the 1920s gave the structures their name due to their kite-like shape.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
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Noun
Before the invention of modern weather balloons in the 1930s, scientists flew kites—and later, hot air balloons—equipped with thermometers to get such measurements.
—Danielle Beurteaux, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
One of their first products was a drone to tackle incendiary balloons and kites launched by Hamas.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
Fortifying the city On a recent weekday, tourists and locals fly kites on a towering structure with dazzling views of Singapore’s skyline.
—TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
Royal Air Force pilots flying over the region in the 1920s gave the structures their name due to their kite-like shape.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
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While the four vampires (plus their Monster and the Guide, played by Kristen Schaal) are largely unfazed by the news, Guillermo starts to spiral, seemingly unable to accept that this is the end of everything he's worked so hard for (under the watchful eye of the cameras).Stacy Lambe, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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The actress skyrocketed the brand to fame in the ‘90s, since sporting Hunza’s cutout mini dress in the film’s opening scene.Dahvi Shira, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Mota’s other designs include Mobile, distinguished by a pattern of swirling gold, and Lucky Us, a reinterpretation of the auspicious clover sporting regal appliqué borders.Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 18 Dec. 2024
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By coincidence, most of them met through the Headwaters Chapter 642 of Minnesota Trout Unlimited, which is ironic, perhaps, considering pike are voracious predators of trout, Young says.Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2024
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The birds were also evaluated based on their foraging success and predator response.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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Or, consider the Greenland shark–the longest living vertebrate known to science, capable of living up to 500 years.Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The title is a reference to a Happy Days episode in which Fonzie—played by Winker—jumped over a shark while water-skiing.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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England romped home against the Caribbean side and the Sri Lankans this summer at home.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Max Verstappen has romped to four consecutive drivers’ titles, his latest confirmed with a fifth-place finish at last week’s race in Las Vegas, while the Dutchman’s Red Bull team has captured the previous two constructors’ titles.Aleks Klosok, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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Then, Syria will need, well, everything — the rebuilding of schools, roads, and hospitals; a functioning government; the means by which to welcome back millions of refugees; protection from vulture groups looking to exploit the new vacuum.S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street vulture games Dec. 8, 2024 By Britina Cheng, Vulture’s Cinematrix producer A new Cinematrix drops every morning.Britina Cheng, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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The first public drone display took place in 2012 when art and technology group, Ars Electronica, programmed 49 tiny craft to to dance and form shapes during the Futurelab festival in the Austrian city of Linz.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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To boost your next-day memory, experts say to try brisk walking, cycling, swimming, or dancing to upbeat music.Lauryn Higgins, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
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While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kite. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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