as in to fly
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter
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Recent Examples of wing
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Bed bugs are small and flat, with six legs and no wings, according to the CDC.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Chandler fought a little less recklessly than usual but attacked in a straight line while winging wide punches.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Giant petrels are one of the few bird species capable of traveling thousands of miles across the Southern Ocean, using soaring to ride wind currents for days without flapping their wings.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Bed bugs are small and flat, with six legs and no wings, according to the CDC.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
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
Chandler fought a little less recklessly than usual but attacked in a straight line while winging wide punches.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wing
Noun
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In the preceding weeks, various factions in the Administration had pitched different tariff-implementation schemes.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The results paint a picture of a highly fragmented Democratic primary, with no single figure consolidating majority support and multiple ideological factions vying for influence.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
Verb
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The scene concludes with a lot of digital images flying up on the screen and some positively insane synthesizer music from composer Ennio Morricone.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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Where will flags be at half-staff in Wisconsin? Per Evers' executive order, American flag and the Wisconsin state flag fly half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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On the other side of Rooker, Blair wore pink headphones and titled her head to the side for the photo.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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The only exceptions to that were the two weeks on either side of Easter, when traffic rose less than 1% year over year, the firm's data showed, a sign of the company's strategy of driving sales with holiday and seasonal merchandise.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
Verb
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At that time, one of his attorneys told News Channel 5 that Moreland planed to take a job outside of the legal profession, following his 2019 disbarment, and stay out of the public eye.—
Hadley Hitson,
The Tennessean,
17 July 2025
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Our ruling The Republican Party of Juneau County claimed on Facebook that planes full of unvetted refugees were being accepted to the Milwaukee and Madison airports.—
Sophie Carson,
Journal Sentinel,
3 July 2024
Noun
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Rosamund Pike is fabulous in hot pink, black and floral while attending the press night after party for Inter Alia at the National Theatre on July 23 in London.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
26 July 2025
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Republican Tom DeLay of Texas, who was then the U.S. House majority leader, thought his state should have five more districts friendly to his party.—
Leah Askarinam,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Gold has been hovering in the mid-$3,300s this week, but a change in the appetite for stocks could raise demand for the precious metal.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Our first destination, with the hazy sun hovering over the Norway pine trees skirting Mirror Lake, was the beach bar.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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There’s plenty of homegrown flair, too, with several members of the U.S. men’s national team expected to appear alongside players from Mexico's team that recently claimed the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
24 July 2025
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Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations.—
David Wysong,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Employees glide swiftly through the open kitchen, sprinkling tacos with In-A-Tub’s signature orange cheese dust.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
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Even when it's packed full, the wheels glide like a dream over multiple surfaces with no wayward drifting (usually a point of failure for softsides that may lean with weight).—
Jamie Hergenrader,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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“Wing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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