- past participle of fly.
flown
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Those who were pulled from the water were flown by helicopter to San Diego, where they were taken via ambulance to local hospitals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
If you’ve never flown out of there, it’s a dream compared with LAX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He was flown to Moscow, where a court ordered he be held in pre-trial detention.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Earhart had already successfully flown from California across South America, Africa and Asia in her Electra twin-engine plane when she arrived in Lae, Papua New Guinea on 2 July 1937.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Many American newspapers carried the story, praising the brave commanding woman who’d flown for the Soviet Union, allied with the United States against the Nazis.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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