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glide

[glahyd] / glaɪd /


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Tech scion David Ellison for months projected confidence that his blockbuster Hollywood merger was on a glide path to completion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Every year, tens of thousands of birds glide over the rusting remains of one of the Mediterranean's largest saltworks, to rest in the rare paradise it left behind.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Built around a small lake, the park offers plenty of places to sit, eat and watch the ducks glide by.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

"He can glide across the pitch with elegance. He's such an athlete," he said.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Madge and I glide our slides together, reaching for C, back up for F. Sometimes when I see her pinched face in perfect embouchure, I start to giggle.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Maxine glides along, bathed in gratitude, making assured artistic decisions and certain that she is on the precipice of something that will change her life forever.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

Nothing seems to ruffle his fur as this political veteran glides from crisis to crisis with feline calm, and the lick of a paw.

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

The stage’s iconic mean girl glides from 1890s Norway to 1950s England in this vibrant and venomous adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

The color scheme glides from monochrome in the morning to various shades of blue in the afternoon, a backdrop to blindingly white icebergs, their seawashed cavities a bright turquoise.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

It glides around and around—three times—then soars high like it’s going to burst the sun.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

For nearly 25 years, GoPro cameras have gone underwater, glided with parachutes and slipped down ski slopes, allowing the adventurous to record images of their experiences.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Their analysis of fossil jaws suggests giant octopuses glided through the oceans equipped with the ability to chew on the hard shells and skeletons of large fish and marine reptiles.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

In a sparkly gold dress, the 20-year-old floated above the pressure, bopped along to the music of Donna Summer and glided her way to stardom—and the top of the podium.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Mouths went silent while the president glided on to other questions.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2026

She was the very picture of calm, and she glided to the podium as she spoke.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

It’s gliding along the water, occasionally changing direction or ruffling its feathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Rather than flying like modern birds, these dinosaurs were probably adapted for gliding.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Those kind of scenes come once in never, where you feel like you’re letting the character drive, and you’re just gliding behind it.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

"It was so fast, but it felt like it was in slow motion; it was like I was just gliding in the air – it was crazy," he said.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

She felt it then: him gliding through the air like a bird, and she let the arrow go.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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