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And last year, a Navy parachutist missed his mark and landed on a mother and her young daughter, causing minor injuries.—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 The parachutist, observing broad patterns and movements across vast stretches of space and time, might glance at Gardner’s photo and see a handful of white men deep in Indian Country.—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 There were also horses, mules, parachutists, Revolutionary War reenactments, Army bands and historical pageantry.—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Warplanes flew overhead, and Army parachutists sailed down from the skies before a crowd of thousands.—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for parachutist
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