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[flahy] / flaɪ /






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"There's always next year. We'll fly the flag there one day."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

"As for when they will fly back, we will coordinate further with the US side."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Signs that a bat may be rabid include the creature being active during the day, or if it is found on the ground or unable to fly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The FP-7 can fly up to heights of 37 miles and a range of around 155 miles, according to Fire Point’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Before the bird could fly, it shattered into dust.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

However UAE officials say they have jurisdiction over the incident because the aircraft on which the attack took place is registered there and flies under its flag.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The wide-body jets it flies to Europe, which it acquired in the Hawaiian deal, are already outfitted with business class suites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

A June 17 fire at cold storage operator Lineage’s 500,000-square-foot food warehouse left neighbors dealing with noxious smoke and an influx of rats and flies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The fossil record includes spiders, flies, wasps or beetles, insect larvae, crustaceans, vertebrates such as fish and amphibians, and a remarkable diversity of plants.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

A carpenter bee flies into your classroom window.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

An investigation into any potential crime after the death of a Scottish wingsuit flyer during a jump in the Swiss Alps has been dropped.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mr. James’s main characters are men who have answered a flyer advertising auditions for a local theater performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Paul, 67, a retired postman from Lowestoft, Suffolk, said that in 2008 his father received a flyer explaining how to protect his assets by entrusting his home over to Long and UWP.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

A flyer featuring a pink background was the top Instagram post on California state superintendent candidate Sonja Shaw’s page on Saturday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

There’s a bright yellow paper tucked in the cover, the flyer for the International Festival.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“If you have an outfit on, but you don’t have cologne on or you don’t smell good, do you even have the flyest fit on? What’s the point,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024

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

The coolest, the flyest, and the funniest dudes are all gone.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2019

How do you not know one of the flyest runners to ever take a lap?

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

As the flydubai Boeing 737 flew over northwestern Saudi Arabia en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the co-pilot suddenly attacked his captain, according to Israeli officials.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Flydubai flew to and from Israel through some of the most dangerous periods of the post-Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Earlier this summer, Akriila flew to Los Angeles and played two nights at the Roxy in West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

It’s possible I flew through the Atlanta airport on the way to Florida, but I do not have a recollection of going to Atlanta.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The birds flew and the chipmunks faded into the ground.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Max Muncy popped out and Kyle Tucker, back in the lineup after exiting Monday’s game because of back spasms, flied out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

That cut the Guardians’ lead to three runs before Will Smith flied out to deep center to end it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

After Bryce Teodosio flied out for the second out of the inning, Yamamoto’s day was done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

After sheepishly returning to home plate amid a taunting roar from the hostile Dodger Stadium crowd, he flied out with a runner on second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

Fletcher singled over second, but Mathewson flied out.

From Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 by

The hospital gets about 700 trauma patients each year and, of those, about 70 need to be flown to the mainland, CEO Tim Kielpinski told The Times in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The mostly Israeli passengers on the flight have been flown back to Israel on a replacement plane.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Sir Chris had flown to England on Wednesday night for private reasons but it is understood he intends to return to Hillsborough Castle on Thursday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Udall was flown to Sochi and driven by car to the premier’s waterfront retreat.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

“Having a game in these conditions feels like we’re flying too close to the sun, both literally and figuratively.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cong says it's "meaningful" to be flying the flag for women's MMA after a period of under representation in the UFC, and is excited for the opportunities her success could create in China.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

When he was banned from flying there, he tried to get a job with Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc in 2025, according to Moroccan state media, the country’s official news agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Those carriers, along with American Airlines and Alaska Airlines, also have said they weren’t flying jets with the flawed software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When Danny decided to climb out the window and stand on the Finnegans’ roof, everyone blamed the stories about children flying on shadows and grabbing the tails of shooting stars.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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