flight

Example Sentences

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Focus will eventually turn to preparations for the top flight.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Day-of flight tickets would cost $1,300—money she didn’t have.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft splashed down into the Indian ocean Friday after the company performed a test flight of the latest version of the enormous rocket.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

It was barely noon, but I’d already flown halfway across the country on an early flight to visit my parents for the holidays, and spent two hours in a rental car driving from the airport.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

During that era our nation was focused on the goal of supersonic flight, which means that the speed of the airplane is faster than the speed of sound.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson