skies

Example Sentences

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Overhead, a Black Hawk helicopter carrying snipers will patrol the skies, while a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks on the ground will help anchor an electronic antidrone shield over the venue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Under dazzling blue California skies, the United States soccer team held its first World Cup training session at the co-hosts' base camp Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Operators like SpaceX’s Starlink are filling the skies with them to offer space-based broadband and mobile-phone connections, aiming to get a piece of a promising market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

On a pitch that had been under cover for the previous two days, under leaden skies and with showers forecast, England would have been desperate to win the toss.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

I went back to school in the fall: a dry, gorgeous September, you wouldn’t believe how beautiful the trees were that year: clear skies, littered groves, people whispering whenever I walked by.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt