parachute
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“This time, Zaslav’s going to walk away with a billion-dollar parachute and Paramount may end up with these crown jewels assets when it comes to movie-making and television programming,” Proaño said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft touched down safely by parachute on July 26 at 5:27 a.m.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
As military aircraft staged flyovers, members of the Army and Navy parachute teams jumped with giant U.S. flags over the mall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Original plans by US envoy Bill White involved fighter jet flyovers and a parachute drop for the independence anniversary event in the Cinquantenaire Park, in the heart of the city's European district.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The capsule’s parachute opened, and he splashed down in the ocean.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Former Montana smokejumper — a firefighter who parachutes into rural terrain to contain wildfires — Sam Forstag is also hoping to go to D.C. as the state’s first Democratic member of Congress in 30 years.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
All three landed under good parachutes but two people collided with each other during the freefall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
With the capsule descending beneath huge parachutes to gently splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts were back on Earth.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
They glided down onto us like tiny, bloodsucking men in parachutes.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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Walker, a 65-year-old London consultant, said she had yet to "make an impression" of the former mayor of Greater Manchester, who was parachuted into the top office by the Labour Party.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
He was parachuted into parliament in a by-election last month to take his place on the green benches and, weeks later, at the top of the greasy pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Glasgow was parachuted in to host the Games after the Australian state of Victoria dropped out, and was partly picked because so much infrastructure was already in place.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
He said this includes pharmaceuticals which need to be manufactured in micro-gravity conditions before being parachuted to Earth.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
There is always a measure of shock when you leave the trail and find yourself parachuted into a world of comfort and choice, but it was different this time.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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In 2026, it’s more like parachuting onto the roof.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
But his fortunes have flipped: Keenan is now one of the most senior officials in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, parachuting into cases around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
Rhodes joined the Army after high school and served for three years before being honorably discharged after a parachuting accident in 1986.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
Klava Fomicheva and her navigator, Galya Dzhunkovskaya, both of them long since recovered after parachuting from their burning plane that summer, flew one of these cold and dark missions over northerly Riga.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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