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[wing] / wɪŋ /
NOUN
organ, device of flight
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Leaping high, six yards out, to nod in Tommy Conway's cross from the left wing, Will Lankshear notched his ninth goal in 12 games for Middlesbrough.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In the process he came under the wing of Greg Harden, a no-nonsense athletic-department counselor who advised his charges to “control the controllables” and “pay up and shut up.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Thiero is fighting for minutes in a deep wing group led by Williams and Thybulle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

With the clock ticking down, Wade carried Newcastle forward with a trademark burst down the wing, but the home side were eventually guilty of holding on as Leicester gratefully kicked to touch to claim victory.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

We near the top of the tunnel, which means we are nearing the front tip of the mantis’s right wing.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The minuscule yet distinctly humanoid figure of a fairy flaps its wings as it flies into the ancient ruins of a bygone kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

It raises the question: can anything really clip Meta's wings?

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Lakers teased their new defensive identity in a 127-103 preseason win against the Sacramento Kings on Monday at Golden 1 Center, rolling out their deep group of wings to overcome a short-handed bench.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

This pixie had blue hair and large, glassy wings.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

But experts who study the pointy-eared winged creatures say that, although residents should practice caution, the odds of getting rabies from a bat remain very low.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A colony can remain concealed inside a piece of wood, with winged reproductive termites representing one of the few life stages that routinely venture outside.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Not exactly what you want to hear while inside a winged, enclosed metal tube traveling at 530 miles per hour, 35,000 feet above the ground.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Koi carp reflect his love of Japan and the Japanese pond at his London home, while winged female figures echo his Virgo star sign, a motif he used on the Queen crest he designed himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Piper knew she couldn’t win a straight fight against Khione and two winged guys with swords.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

And yet, to some degree, O’Rourke’s campaign was still winging it.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

They’re still winging it at this point, unsigned and with no representation, but “winging it has served us well,” Olin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"The bottom line is, we've gone into great detail with them about the planning. We've described it to them. In fact, it's not just winging it," he told reporters after meeting lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

They'll be winging their way around the world from February, arriving for a string of sold out UK gigs in March.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026

If any Muggle is unwise enough to confide in another that he has spotted a Hippogriff winging its way north, he is generally believed to be drunk or a ‘loony’.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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