fly at
Example Sentences
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The missiles fly at supersonic speeds and are highly accurate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
First launched a decade ago, it can fly at 1,220 miles an hour over a distance of nearly 1,400 miles without refueling and carry 4,000 pounds of guided bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
A couple who lost more than £2,500 on a trip they had been planning for eight years only found out they had been scammed when they arrived packed and ready to fly at Heathrow Airport.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
The set-up of the two airports puts their planes in the same airspace, with overlapping flight patterns as they land and take off, though they are supposed to fly at different altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
And with the money from that, we’d pay our rent for the next month and hire another team of horses and fly at some county fair near here, and so on.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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