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Recent Examples of skydiving
Take a hike through Cloudland Canyon State Park, rock climb or zip-line, and for the very adventurous type, hang-gliding and skydiving are options to get your heart rate going.
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Planning on crossing skydiving or swimming with sharks off your bucket list?
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Eastwood revealed that the actor had trained for over a year in motocross and skydiving to perform the stunt, which involved more than 500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 25 May 2025
In Sacramento, Nelson championed investigations into Lodi skydiving fatalities, inappropriate behavior by leaders at St. Hope Public Schools, the finances of the city of Sacramento, contracts related to Butte County fires and Cal-OSHA hiring practices.
—Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Planning on crossing skydiving or swimming with sharks off your bucket list?
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Eastwood revealed that the actor had trained for over a year in motocross and skydiving to perform the stunt, which involved more than 500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 25 May 2025
In Sacramento, Nelson championed investigations into Lodi skydiving fatalities, inappropriate behavior by leaders at St. Hope Public Schools, the finances of the city of Sacramento, contracts related to Butte County fires and Cal-OSHA hiring practices.
—Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skydiving
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Turns out, House Bill 775 — which was filed in the final days of the 2025 session and approved generally along party lines despite ballooning from four pages of legislation to 147 with little discussion — included significant tax incentives for data centers.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
31 July 2025
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However, the state is now struggling with weak sales, ballooning inventory and a decline in home prices driven by the slowing demand.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver best known for his record-setting dive from space, died in a paragliding accident in Italy Thursday, according to Italian officials.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
17 July 2025
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Felix Baumgartner, a daredevil and extreme athlete, died on Thursday after a paragliding accident in Italy.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
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Even immature birds with limited experience were able to navigate mountainous terrain for hours at a time without powered flight, highlighting the species’ extreme specialization for energy-efficient soaring.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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This sent prices in neighboring Bangladesh soaring, and authorities are scrambling to find new sources for the vegetable. Elsewhere, a drought in Spain took its toll on olive oil production.—
Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, and Joeal Calupitan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Sep. 2023
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Speaking at the air show, Bedford blamed former President Joe Biden's administration for a lack of engagement on aviation issues.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Flights are delayed by an average of 77 minutes, federal aviation officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
25 July 2025
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“Skydiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skydiving. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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