flight path

Example Sentences

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The pop-star-to-film-star flight path often ends in a crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Along the shortest flight path between Moscow and Washington, D.C.—an arc known as the great-circle distance—Greenland sits midway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Starship’s upper stage reached the highest planned point in its flight path, but it went into a spin on the way down, blowing up over the Indian Ocean.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

"Subsequently, there is a deviation observed in the vehicle flight path."

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

In my mind, I’ll just reverse the flight path.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes