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[skahy] / skaɪ /


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That’s the benefit of employing the easiest lyrics in the world to blast an emotional message into the sky.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The best time to look is generally after midnight and before dawn, when Leo is higher in the sky.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Yet the white foam of the waves, the snow covering Mount Fuji, and the clouds in the sky contain no white pigment at all.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Not a single trace of smoke curled through the sky.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Europe's skies were at their busiest ever during the summer holiday period from July to August, despite disruptions caused by the Middle East war, according to Eurocontrol data published Friday.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

“I’ve worked on buildings that reach the skies of Los Angeles,” Ramirez said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Tim Atkinson, an airline risk consultant and former pilot, says the very crowded skies over the UK and northern Europe mean the region is particularly exposed.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“There will simply be drones in Russia’s skies on a scale that has to be taken into account.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Almost 2,000 more people—men, women, and children—crowded outside the jail walls under overcast skies.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

There was a comedy moment when Arshdeep Singh skied Tongue for what seemed a simple catch, only for the ball to by left to each other by Curran and Buttler.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Ravindra needlessly skied Atkinson and Nicholls edged Archer, keeping the home side in the contest.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Horning, an 82-year-old real estate mogul who skied in jeans, buys his shirts at Costco and cuts his own hair, has his own name for what Telluride has become.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

And there was joy in his face as he skied down the final descent, poles clutched in one hand, his other fist raised in triumph as he came through the line.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

I had never skied before in my life.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The picture was received, but was "skyed," that is, placed so high that nobody could well see it.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

In these fancies Cornelia even had them come to New York, to see her picture in position; it was not on the line, of course, and yet it was not skyed.

From The Coast of Bohemia by William Dean Howells

In the Salon that year six thousand pictures were offered, and only two thousand accepted, and many of these were "skyed."

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The third was skyed, but he was admitted to membership.

From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser

Frederic M. DuMond's "Sea Carvings" in the corner, and Nahl's decorative composition attract, each in its way, while in another corner a badly skyed portrait by Hinkle is scarcely given a chance.

From The Galleries of the Exposition by Eugen Neuhaus

Harry Brook, just when he looked like he had done it, skying one to send Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins on a collision course, the ball eventually landing safely with the Australian captain.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2023

Mexico pushed and pushed, skying one over the goal early in stoppage time among other attempts that caused sighs, and then at five minutes beyond 90 the whole thing collapsed with a rare Saudi counterattack.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2022

Borick, meanwhile, is anywhere and everywhere at all times — diving on the ground for a dig, skying for a kill, delivering a picturesque set or dropping in an ace.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2022

He had 105 yards on six catches, with two receiving touchdowns, by either gliding uncovered up the seams or skying over defenders.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2021

The kick-off is a positive luxury under such circumstances; Stansfield needn’t be afraid of skying the ball now, and he isn’t.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Talbot Baines Reed




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