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[flahy] / flaɪ /






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In mid-July, Jackie was found weak, disheveled and unable to fly on the north shore of the lake after a scuffle with two younger eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

"There's always next year. We'll fly the flag there one day."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

"As for when they will fly back, we will coordinate further with the US side."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Give personal life equal importance - it will help you fly longer," he advised.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He kept on, trying to convince Major Peters to fly in from the north—perhaps that direction would help them see Johnston or the trailer.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

A June 17 fire at cold storage operator Lineage’s 500,000-square-foot food warehouse left neighbors dealing with noxious smoke and an influx of rats and flies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Qantas already flies direct from Perth on Australia’s west coast to London, a journey of some 9,000 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Carney flies to Liverpool later this week, after leaving the European Parliament, for his first face-to-face meeting with new UK prime minister, Andy Burnham.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

The fossil record includes spiders, flies, wasps or beetles, insect larvae, crustaceans, vertebrates such as fish and amphibians, and a remarkable diversity of plants.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Her mouth hung open so wide Gran would've asked if she was looking to catch flies.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Recently, I watched someone stop on the street to read a flyer for a Repair Fair.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Everton are off to a bit of a flyer under David Moyes - beating Palace and then Preston North End in the EFL Cup.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Mr. James’s main characters are men who have answered a flyer advertising auditions for a local theater performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

One pivotal moment comes when Mckenna Grace’s punk-singer character hands Tommy a charmingly Xeroxed flyer to a warehouse gig and gives out her phone number rather than a Snapchat handle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

I go back to my desk, pick up the flyer, and read it for a third time.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

It’s the flyest — all the young ballers are in there.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

She told her fellow graduates and their families that they were “the flyest class ever to do it.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

Unlike her fellow Jersey teens who insist that superheroes aren’t cool, Kamala Khan, the heroine of Marvel’s upcoming Ms. Marvel series, thinks capes are the flyest thing in the world.

From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022

The coolest, the flyest, and the funniest dudes are all gone.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2019

How do you not know one of the flyest runners to ever take a lap?

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

She said Eddie Newton flew out to the UAE to identify his son's body.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

As the flydubai Boeing 737 flew over northwestern Saudi Arabia en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the co-pilot suddenly attacked his captain, according to Israeli officials.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier this summer, Akriila flew to Los Angeles and played two nights at the Roxy in West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

It’s possible I flew through the Atlanta airport on the way to Florida, but I do not have a recollection of going to Atlanta.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Father Harte said the blessing, and afterward, Paddy Mulligan’s bow flew over the fiddle strings as Long Liam’s fingers pounded the skin of his drum.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Max Muncy popped out and Kyle Tucker, back in the lineup after exiting Monday’s game because of back spasms, flied out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

He struck out in his next trip to the plate, then flied out to left in the fifth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Phillips then came up and in with a 95-mph sinker, and McNeil flied out to shallow center field, Nimmo holding at third.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024

On Tuesday, Ohtani struck out twice, flied out and had a broken-bat single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024

“The inning on each side was exactly alike, with the exception that our third man out flied to first base, while your man flied to third.”

From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Lester Chadwick

Earlier, the troops had flown a drone over the area to get a better look at the terrain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The hospital gets about 700 trauma patients each year and, of those, about 70 need to be flown to the mainland, CEO Tim Kielpinski told The Times in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Machchhar is recovering in Saudi Arabia, according to the Mumbai Mirror, which reported that his parents had flown to the Gulf kingdom to be at his side.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Satoko Nagakubo has flown from Tokyo for the festival.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

If she hadn’t raised the plane’s nose at the last second, she’d have flown straight into the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

“Having a game in these conditions feels like we’re flying too close to the sun, both literally and figuratively.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

DUBAI—Hamam al-Hammami, identified by people familiar with the matter as the co-pilot on FlyDubai Flight 1073, posted a paean to flying in a now-deleted social-media post from June 2022 written in Arabic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Media reports have also said he had been barred from flying in his home nation over concerns about extremist views.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Cong says it's "meaningful" to be flying the flag for women's MMA after a period of under representation in the UFC, and is excited for the opportunities her success could create in China.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Sisters safe and shining, with grad-cap feathers flying, rock your beads and rock your vote.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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