flying

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United Launch Alliance, a rocket company owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has warned that flying Starship from even one pad in the area would likely disrupt other rocket operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“We’ve been flying our helicopter over the area ... and continue searching some of the segments that are hard to reach from the ground,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

By spring of 2025, candidates were already flying to Iowa and New Hampshire to “get to know voters.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

"Well, hopefully, when Tommy Tuchel's brave boys put seven past Brazil, there'll be lots of beer flying everywhere - but the minute you spill liquid in there... it becomes like an ice rink."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Each bump lifted them a few inches above it so that it gave Duane a true sensation of flying, or maybe just falling—falling very quickly from a very tall height.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el