parachute
Example Sentences
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Some of the hit would be cushioned by what the Premier League calls “parachute payments.”
A. For people without a Letterboxd account or even much urge to keep up on movies, parachuting into the Oscars once a year can be disorienting.
In one striking photo, a kneeling US pilot is confronted by a Kuwaiti local, moments after parachuting from his jet.
From Barron's
Harlequins' miserable form this season has not helped Smith's case, but he has happy memories of being parachuted in against France.
From BBC
Your parachute should have no holes in it when you finally jump.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
