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glide

verb as in move smoothly and quickly on a surface

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I give a half-hearted wave, step out of the kitchen, glide through the living room we never use, and fling open the screen door.

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Penelope wanted to stop and soak up every detail, but the stage manager glided across the stage at a quick floating trot.

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

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While Russia has used aircraft more widely, in launching missiles and so-called glide bombs, this has come at a high cost, with Ukraine claiming to have destroyed over 400 of its planes.

The ultrawealthy are wielding their growing fortunes to glide through a rarefied realm unencumbered by the inconveniences of ordinary life.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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