flight

Example Sentences

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SpaceX launched its 12th test flight last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Airlines are grappling with soaring fuel costs, airspace disruptions and longer flight routings as conflict in the Middle East ripples across global aviation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

On the flight deck were Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, a pilot with decades of experience, and his younger colleague, first officer Clive Kunder.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s a key point to make when markets are seeing index level losses despite some flight to quality trading.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The word spread swiftly: of who Mal was, and of what she had done, and of what, in her great flight, she had saved.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell