parachute

Example Sentences

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A second video verified by Storyful showed people parachuting to the ground nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal

I had to trust Regan in the same desperate way that a skydiver trusts his parachute, and that feeling was uncomfortable for someone like me.

From Literature

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

Skydive South West, which operates out of Devon's Dunkeswell Aerodrome, where the man died, said he was using his personal parachute equipment while doing a wingsuit jump with a friend on Saturday.

From BBC

Jalalabad residents told AFP that they saw a person who parachuted from the plane before being detained.

From Barron's