flier

Example Sentences

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Every frequent flier recognizes the frustration of flights getting pushed back 15 minutes, then another 15 minutes, knowing it will take a full hour to find someone to repair that broken toilet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Taking a flier on a D-III pitcher was no longer justifiable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

People know them — the pioneering flier and the Teamsters union president — because both of them vanished dramatically.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

If there are any software names to take a flier on, these are a promising bunch.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

I only hoped the war would last long enough to make a flier out of me, and so it did.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck