parachute
Example Sentences
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"Your best view of where you may want to go or where you may want to avoid is while you're coming down in your parachute."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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
Your parachute should have no holes in it when you finally jump.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
During World War Two, the RAF's No.620 Squadron's fleet used the base for airborne forces operations which included parachute drops of troops and supplies and towing Airspeed Horsa assault gliders.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
All the regiments would need armorers to load bombs and machine guns, and the fighter and dive-bomber regiments would also need radio technicians and parachute packers.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
