kite

For me, the Multistrada is like a kite that grows more stable the faster the wind blows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

I wish I had strong legs to run on the beach with a kite.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Several kites were found in an Israeli community near the border with Gaza over the weekend, local media reported.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Residents of Nahal Oz said in a statement that they feared the return of incendiary kites and balloons, adding: "We will not accept a policy of containment when it comes to our security."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

Heavier spars require a larger sail while people who build miniature kites sometimes don’t include a spar or will only use half a toothpick, Choi said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

Most were sucked backward like kites on strings, reeled back to the metal hand to watch as the sleigh, spinning slowly, scudded farther and farther out of their reach.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

The kited city checks were to be called "scrip."

From Time Magazine Archive

An AAA processing tax kited it to 21¢ per lb.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull kited the bead and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

I used to see her often, last summer, kiting round Southampton on a bike.

From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance