sky
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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
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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
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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
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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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