canopy

Example Sentences

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When the F-15E came under fire on Friday, the aircrew pulled their ejection handle, which blew the canopy, blasted the seats out of the cockpit and deployed their parachutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

According to the researchers, these tiny plastic particles first land on the leaves in the upper canopy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

The model of plane is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a nearby pylon.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

This created millions of years of evolutionary pressure for hands that manipulate and brains that learn—the tool kit for life in the canopy.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Not like the ones from under the canopy of green leaves, among the waving ferns.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers