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She has a degree in mechanical engineering, and has previously worked as a guide at Everest basecamp, scaled mountain summits and set altitude kite surfing records.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Every summer since 2009, residents have gathered on this hill for a kite festival, held on land they say has been partly lost after being confiscated by settlers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Davies said fledglings would "glide like a kite" once they lost their fluff and got their primary feathers, and were shown the ropes by the older generation.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Regardless of whether you attend the kite festival, this edition of the Weekend section deserves to fly far beyond the confines of your recycling bin.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

Coach Hedge seemed to be making some sort of snare out of kite string, a tennis racket and a hunting knife.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

As brightly coloured kites climb above Burin, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, children race across a sun-baked hillside, watching their creations soar into the sky.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

As the afternoon wears on, the wind begins to fade and the kites slowly drift back to earth.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Targeted species include eagles, red kites, peregrine falcons, hen harriers, goshawks and barn owls.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Some kitemakers have success with straws, but straws typically work better with diamond-shaped kites.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

Children sailed boats down the fetid gutters and flew kites between the beer hall signs.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

And then he saw Moss in single coverage and kited that beautiful touchdown pass to put the Redskins ahead again.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2012

When he pocketed the kited check after Cooper discovered it, I thought for a moment that he might take pity on his fellow partner.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2012

He also claimed that he had kited the ratings of four programs, notably last February's CBS special An Evening with Carol Charining.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Stopping only to point their arguments with this timely evidence, the witnesses kited for Binghamton.

From Time Magazine Archive

A single hawk, its wingtips spread like black fingers, kited over the school, and suddenly I saw something: a gift.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

In the late nineteen-eighties, a few years before Moore discovered kiting, Don Montague started his own experiments in aerodynamics.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2019

Kite clubs around Seattle and Whidbey Island can help you get involved in group events — or check our list of top kiting spots and go solo.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2016

In the early 1990’s, Bankers Trust Company suspected that Madoff and a friend of his named Norman Levy had been kiting checks.

From Forbes ● Sep. 26, 2014

But otherwise he consistently skirts the sublime, whether in the oceanic washes of Open Up Your Door, Tonight the Streets Are Ours' breezy hula, or hallucinogenic kiting tune Don't Stare At The Sun.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2013

Whenever a large mass seemed dangerously near the glass, they applied an apergetic shock to it and sent it kiting among its fellows.

From A journey in other worlds A romance of the future by John Jacob Astor