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For the past week, drones have had to fly more slowly, the commander said—and as a result, the Russians are shooting them down more often.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“We have been fortunate in our careers and hope this gift encourages the next generation to continue the journey of enabling humanity to live and fly amongst the stars,” Shotwell said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

That’s what Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday evening in Texas, as he commenced a dramatic livestreamed spectacle: Tesla’s new Roadster, almost a decade overdue, was going to fly!

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

It said Alfozan's arrest came three days before he was scheduled to fly from San Francisco to Riyadh on a one-way itinerary with his wife and son.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Her eyebrows fly so high up her forehead that they look ready to leap off her face.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Inside the marble ballroom of the Las Vegas–ready restaurant on Long Island, the award ceremony flies by as I work my way through a plate of samosas and nurse a mango lassi.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Minkema, who considers himself a “Delta loyalist,” usually flies Delta from Austin, where he lives, to Minneapolis, where he grew up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Finding similar effects in both fruit flies and mice suggests that DEAF1 participates in an evolutionarily conserved system, meaning the underlying biological function has been maintained across species over long periods of evolution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Emirates, with its double-decker Airbus aircraft and Boeing jetliners, flies to the major world destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

A spark flies onto the exposed blasting powder.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The flyer is from high-school junior Avi Lichtenstein, who is so worried about his future that he’s asking strangers if he can follow them to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Recently, I watched someone stop on the street to read a flyer for a Repair Fair.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

He came back to Iowa to meet them again a year later, this time with a date, a venue and a flyer he could hand to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

You’ve made so much money in this long bull market, why not take a flyer here and there?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Her flyer for the book burning somersaults away in the breeze.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

It’s the flyest — all the young ballers are in there.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025

She told her fellow graduates and their families that they were “the flyest class ever to do it.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

Unlike her fellow Jersey teens who insist that superheroes aren’t cool, Kamala Khan, the heroine of Marvel’s upcoming Ms. Marvel series, thinks capes are the flyest thing in the world.

From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022

In denim overalls, a matching jacket and red cap, he cruises out on what looks like the concert platform of the flyest club in town.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2021

Black treated her like she was the flyest girl alive.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

In September 2024, FBI agents flew to Hawaii for what would be their final interview with Kao.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

During the night, a helicopter flew over the French capital's Place de la Republique, one of the epicentres of the unrest, sweeping a powerful searchlight across the square to monitor compliance with the curfew.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Jair Cunha: Has become a dependable member of Oliver Glasner's side and was unlucky when Madueke's shot clipped him and flew in.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

In response, she wafted her hand around at the surrounding mountains as a flock of harlequin ducks flew overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Before I could change my mind, the door flew open and a girl stepped outside.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Bryce Teodosio flied out to Kyle Tucker in right field to end the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

Freeman, however, flied out to leave more baserunners stranded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

He struck out in his next trip to the plate, then flied out to left in the fifth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Phillips then came up and in with a 95-mph sinker, and McNeil flied out to shallow center field, Nimmo holding at third.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024

I kept the hole open, Mr. Thomas, and so Banty flied in.

From A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott

Healey had flown under the radar since his explosive resignation as Sir Keir Starmer's defence secretary in June this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

She had already successfully flown from California across South America, Africa and Asia in her twin-engine Lockheed Electra when she arrived in Lae, Papua New Guinea.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

Four have since been flown to surrounding airports, including Jeddah and Medina to the west of the kingdom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Many had feared Farmer would be criticized for going to costly extremes to save one particular life, and that parents would besiege Zanmi Lasante with demands that their sick children be flown to Boston.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The commanders of several Ukrainian drone teams that conduct midrange strikes said that nearly all of their missions involve Starshield, and that they are struggling to adjust to life without it, mostly by flying slower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Electrical surges caused equipment failures, sent sparks flying from wires, shocked operators, and even started fires.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

We could have flying taxis by then, but no airport locomotive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It is the self-officiating, dangerous tackles flying in and trying to teach the kids what a safe tackle is."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Hidden away during the daytime, huddled together inside some shed or barn, we had heard and sometimes seen fighter planes flying low overhead, but we were safe from them, always well out of sight.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo