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The car came careening down Sepulveda Boulevard, collided into Braun Levi and sent the Loyola High School tennis star flying through the air before he slammed into the asphalt.

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I jump toward the fence as well, trying to clear it in one bound—but only succeed in flying into it with a painful, disorienting WHAM!

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He wore a pith helmet that had been painted to match the balloon’s bright patchwork of colors and patterns, with a small, brave flag flying on top.

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All at once, in a blizzard of flying feathers and tasty, furiously beating wings, the chickens rose into the air.

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It was not edelweiss, of course, for edelweiss is not native to England, but it was close enough to make Penelope’s thoughts gain force and speed, like a velocipede flying down a hill.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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