glide
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That user experience is the glide path to continued AI adoption for Oracle and the market more broadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tech scion David Ellison for months projected confidence that his blockbuster Hollywood merger was on a glide path to completion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Every year, tens of thousands of birds glide over the rusting remains of one of the Mediterranean's largest saltworks, to rest in the rare paradise it left behind.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
After reentering the atmosphere, it would glide on wings before being captured in mid air by a large subsonic aircraft.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
With full power roaring, it was Nadya’s turn to caper around in the searchlights while Marina climbed out of view, then idled her own engine to glide silently back to the target.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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A sea hare glides through an eelgrass meadow in the shallows of Monterey Bay, where Pace was photographing in the evening light.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Viewed through a singular perspective, the camera glides with measured precision, reflecting her focus and quiet intensity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
While the narrative glides along the original contours—Johnny grows warmer to Linda and reveals an unworshipful, even cavalier attitude to money-making that stirs trouble—Mr. Greenberg has rewritten virtually every line of the play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Nothing seems to ruffle his fur as this political veteran glides from crisis to crisis with feline calm, and the lick of a paw.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
The old man from the church glides up to me.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Kudos to Styles who managed to mostly keep his composure as Hernández glided around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
And last year England overtook France, as Elliot Daly glided in for a decisive last-gasp try in a 26-25 victory.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The USA glided into the final of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics with a 5-0 win against Sweden on Monday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Far below the control room, the underwater door glided open.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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This too is vaulted, the surfaces above gliding without interruption to the floor; the sense of spatial freedom is contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
An hour after the final whistle, the only sound heard at Ibrox was the hum of three lawnmowers gliding over the turf.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Then they spend hours gliding downstream past scenery that might as well be a Northern California highlight reel: vineyards, redwood forests and eventually a beach scene full of driftwood and sea stacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
She was disappointed to see the sleek white forms of airplanes gliding up as they approached the airport.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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