glide
Example Sentences
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Senatorial courtesy seemed as though it would glide Mullin along expeditiously.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
How does one glide through the chaos and the camera flashes of Oscar season with poise and perfection?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Under normal conditions, the T9SS allows flavobacteria to glide across surfaces.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
It is water-repellent and was originally used on sailboats, external to make them glide better before being introduced to skiing in the 1980s.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing glide
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