as in to fly
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
once humankind learned how to aviate, the world became a much smaller place
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Fifty aircraft including combat helicopters will fly overhead.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025 -
Boasting a near-perfect audience score, Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon flew to an impressive $11.1 million in previews.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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All this culminates in a debut album, Addison, that planes down contemporary pop influences into an ooze of familiarity, faintly evoking innovations in underground and alternative music without stepping out of its playlist-friendly lane.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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Erect blackberries like 'Navaho' can be planed in traditional rows or grown as a hedge.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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Police helicopters hovered as marchers wove between vehicles.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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There’s also more heightened genre elements, including explosions, gun fights and a mysterious corporate private plane hovering over the desert.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Imagine a cargo ship sailing into the Chesapeake Bay and launching hundred of drones at Washington D.C. and the Norfolk naval base.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Both ships can be seen sailing in formation in the photos, while the Lhasa is shown launching a missile and firing its main gun at a target.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Over the next few weeks, most of the U.S. is heading into peak migration, when hundreds of millions of birds can wing their way across the sky in a single night on a mission to claim a prime bit of real estate, attract a suitable mate and get to work raising the next generation.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
28 Apr. 2025
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Though most marbled godwits breed in the Great Plains, two small populations wing their way to James Bay, Canada, and to Alaska.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Aviate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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