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Recent Examples of glider
Upholstered swivel reclining glider: on sale for $299 Original price: $891
This reclining glider is 66% off right now.
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Bradley Daar, 70, of Clinton, was piloting a single-engine ultralight glider on Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into the woods in the Town of Deep River, roughly 35 miles east of New Haven.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The pilot of a small glider plane has died after crashing near an airport in southern Connecticut, state police announced Saturday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
This retro glider adds color to a patio thanks to its bright red, turquoise, and navy shades.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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Nora Colomer, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2025
Bradley Daar, 70, of Clinton, was piloting a single-engine ultralight glider on Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into the woods in the Town of Deep River, roughly 35 miles east of New Haven.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
The pilot of a small glider plane has died after crashing near an airport in southern Connecticut, state police announced Saturday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
This retro glider adds color to a patio thanks to its bright red, turquoise, and navy shades.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
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Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.—
Kate Donnelly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Mission: Impossible film sees Tom Cruise dangling from a biplane and going underwater to defeat an all-powerful AI.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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In his eighth and possibly last installment, The Final Reckoning, in theaters May 23, Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt hangs from and crawls along the wings of a 1940s-era biplane zooming above South Africa’s Drakensberg mountain range.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Seaborne, which operates a seaplane service in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is also flying under court protection.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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The tag features palm trees, a parrot, sandals on the beach and a seaplane floating in the waters amid a sunset.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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“Glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glider. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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