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Recent Examples of glider
Conservationists hope the greater glider livestream will continue revealing new information about these at-risk animals and encourage their protection.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
This loveseat glider is weather-resistant, quick-drying, and makes time spent outdoors all the more relaxing.
—Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 6 June 2025
What Helsing has unveiled is a new underwater surveillance system based on its products, the Lura software platform and the SG-1 Fathom sea glider.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The federal government maintains about 200 ocean buoys, as well as gliders and other instruments that can measure what's happening below the surface of the ocean.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
This loveseat glider is weather-resistant, quick-drying, and makes time spent outdoors all the more relaxing.
—Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 6 June 2025
What Helsing has unveiled is a new underwater surveillance system based on its products, the Lura software platform and the SG-1 Fathom sea glider.
—David Szondy
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2025
The federal government maintains about 200 ocean buoys, as well as gliders and other instruments that can measure what's happening below the surface of the ocean.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 19 May 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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Flying Through ‘The City’ Along with the DC-3, some of the other planes displayed inside the hangar include the Stearman biplane, used to train WWII pilots; an F-84 Thunderjet; and a Lockheed T-33, a jet trainer built in the 1950s in which visitors can sit inside the cockpit.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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Though, for some of us, seeing Ethan Hunt dangle from a biplane, however rickety the narrative excuses for that to happen, is more fun.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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The idea was to build a seaplane using advanced composite materials that had enough range and payload capacity to carry out fast logistics missions as well as assisting in rescue and disaster relief efforts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 July 2025
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Every show opened with a dramatic ocean view of the skyline from a seaplane approaching the Beach.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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