fly

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Corona del Mar 3, Los Alamitos 2: A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth by Brady Zenz gave Corona del Mar the walk-off victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

That’s scant consolation for those hoping to fly somewhere this summer—unless they also happen to own Delta stock.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

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

The U.S. could also fly boarding teams to ships from land, including from nations that border the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

She would angle herself to fly up through the clouds, soaring higher and higher in the white blur of them.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell