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Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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The city of Alameda, Calif., halted an experiment to spray sea-salt particles skyward to make clouds more reflective.
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Published May 13, 1997 A towering tornado ripped its way through the middle of Miami, Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach right after lunch Monday, smashing cars and windows, tossing trees skyward and scaring the dickens out of thousands of people who were transfixed by the uncanny sight.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
Suryavanshi’s teammates were ecstatic too, lifting their arms skyward, clapping with huge smiles while some high-fived in appreciation of the young batter.
—David Close, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
After the teams traded scoreless 10th innings and Royals lefty Daniel Lynch pitched a perfect 11th, Fermin won it in the bottom of the frame, lining an RBI single to center before chucking his helmet skyward on his way to first.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Published May 13, 1997 A towering tornado ripped its way through the middle of Miami, Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach right after lunch Monday, smashing cars and windows, tossing trees skyward and scaring the dickens out of thousands of people who were transfixed by the uncanny sight.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
Suryavanshi’s teammates were ecstatic too, lifting their arms skyward, clapping with huge smiles while some high-fived in appreciation of the young batter.
—David Close, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
After the teams traded scoreless 10th innings and Royals lefty Daniel Lynch pitched a perfect 11th, Fermin won it in the bottom of the frame, lining an RBI single to center before chucking his helmet skyward on his way to first.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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