overfly
verb
over·fly
ˌō-vər-ˈflī 
overflew
ˌō-vər-ˈflü
; overflown
ˌō-vər-ˈflōn
; overflying
; overflown
ˌō-vər-ˈflōn
; overflying
: to fly over
especially
: to pass over in an aircraft or spacecraft
Examples of overfly in a Sentence
The jets overflew the stadium.
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On Thursday, the U.S. Transportation Department has proposed to bar Chinese passenger airlines from overflying Russia on U.S. routes, although cargo flights would be exempt.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But his flight, which would normally overfly several European countries, instead flew the length of the Mediterranean Sea and over the Strait of Gibraltar, according to flight tracking websites.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And alternate routes overflying Jordan and Saudi Arabia would involve angering relatively friendly states with air defense capabilities.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
But his flight, which would normally overfly several European countries, instead flew the length of the Mediterranean Sea and over the Strait of Gibraltar, according to flight tracking websites.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And alternate routes overflying Jordan and Saudi Arabia would involve angering relatively friendly states with air defense capabilities.
—Sebastien Roblin, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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“Overfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overfly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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overfly
verb
over·fly
ˌō-vər-ˈflī
: to fly over
especially
: to pass over in an aircraft or spacecraft
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