sortie

Example Sentences

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“The near-zero sortie counts seen on some days since February should be viewed as an extreme manifestation of a longer-term trend, rather than a sudden development,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Turk’s bad back makes it a brief sortie, but the attempt confirms that their friendship remains fundamentally intact.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Air Marshal Brar felt that bond first-hand, flying his last sortie out of the northern city of Chandigarh just two days before his retirement in July 2000.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

But this time the Russian plane wasn’t on a bombing sortie.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

All Lancelot’s muscles made an empathic sortie towards the feeling of his own armour, which he had not seen since he left Camelot.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White