parachute

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It also acquired parachute maker Pioneer Aerospace in 2023 and specialty RF filter firm Akoustis in 2025 after each of those companies filed for bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

“We must parachute into Europe,” she wrote before setting out, “like a mother breaking into a burning house to rescue her children.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Astronauts can’t parachute to the surface, or climb down a rope ladder, or just beam themselves down from the Transporter Room.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Skydiving instructor Adam Harrison, 30, and Belinda Taylor, 48, died when their parachute failed to open at Dunkeswell on 13 June.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

“A parachute dive. Without a parachute,” he always answered.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls