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flies
verb as in take to the air, usually employing wings
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verb as in run or pass swiftly
verb as in escape, flee
Example Sentences
“It’s nearly silent when it flies over an urban environment because it’s below the background noise.”
That flies in the face of the traditional advice to delay Social Security as long as possible, until age 70 if you can.
It also has a camera that flies—literally, in some instances, when the handheld camera is transferred to a drone and the perspective goes airborne.
In one jaw-dropping shot, a skinny plane flies on its side through a thick birch forest.
This backsliding flies in the face of how much progress has been made to stop people from dying needlessly.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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