fly back

Example Sentences

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The court heard how she and her extended family spent five days over Christmas 2011 at a house in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, because her ex-husband required hospital treatment and could not fly back to Nigeria.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"He's back to consciousness. He's just being tested, checked and monitored and he will hopefully fly back to Ireland on Friday."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

By scrambling the networks used by Shaheds inside Ukraine's borders, these means of electronic warfare force Moscow's drones to alter their course and fly back towards Russia.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

In Saturday’s mass start race, Stolz will aim to become the only member of Team USA to fly back across the Atlantic with three golds around his neck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

They fly back and forth, knitting us together.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson