How to Use parachutist in a Sentence
parachutist
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But one parachutist peeled off from the others and slipped out of view.
—Sarah Maslin Nir and Nikita Stewart, New York Times, 28 May 2017
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As the jumper exits the aircraft, the static line pulls the parachutist’s canopy free.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2019
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The parachutist was a member of an elite Navy parachute team called the Leap Frogs.
—Washington Post, 28 May 2017
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The 14 passengers on board, parachutists, were forced to jump to safety in mid-air.
—Deanna Hackney and Hollie Silverman, CNN, 24 June 2019
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Tree Service answered the call to help get the unnamed parachutist out of the tree where her parachute had snagged.
—Tribune News Service, al, 13 July 2021
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When hundreds of parachutists jumped out of planes over the fields of French Normandy on Wednesday, some were already used to the scenery.
—Rick Noack, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
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Mere-Eglise, 20 miles southeast of the port, and said parachutists had landed on the west coast only a score of miles southwest of Ste.
—Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
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The mystery begins when a dead parachutist is found in a field on the Westerham estate.
—Roberta Alexander, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2017
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Developers in the room got to see live feeds from Glass-wearing parachutists who jumped from a blimp.
—Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2012
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His jump Wednesday came as part of a group of about 200 parachutists re-enacting the D-Day drops into Carentan.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2019
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One of the parachutists descended with a large American flag.
—Larry Neumeister, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
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By the end of his career, Svendsen had logged 6,000 flying hours, most of them in fighter aircraft, and was a parachutist as well.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2022
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His jump Wednesday came as part of a group that included parachutists whose grandfathers fought in the war.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019
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The center had no comment when WKMG asked if the parachutist came from their company.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
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The reports, via Euronews.it, also claim that the man was an experienced parachutist.
—SI.com, 22 Oct. 2019
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And don’t miss the annual tradition of the nighttime parachutists, who will herald the fireworks.
—John Wenzel, The Know, 24 June 2019
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Onlookers described a typical Leap Frogs demonstration, in which the parachutists join hands and twist and turn in the sky.
—Sarah Maslin Nir and Nikita Stewart, New York Times, 28 May 2017
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The comedy features one scene where George rescues a parachutist tangled in the bridge’s uprights.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
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Given the alarming declines in the river’s reservoirs, the flaw with the parachute analogy is that the end of the story would put the parachutist safely on the ground, Udall said.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
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However, the slow and silent descent of white flakes, like battalions and brigades of parachutists, seems a constant source of wonder.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
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Officials said the parachutist veered off course and collided with a barn on South Main Street on Saturday.
—Abigail Feldman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2018
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Swedish media quoted witnesses reporting that some of the parachutists were seen trying to jump off the plane just before the crash.
—NBC News, 14 July 2019
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British parachutists jumped later Wednesday en masse over Sannerville.
—Fox News, 6 June 2019
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Fortunately, the surprise arrival of the parachutist caused no damage to any players or the pitch itself.
—SI.com, 22 Oct. 2019
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Free falling is when parachutists jump from an aircraft and delay opening their parachutes.
—CBS News, 15 Jan. 2020
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Peters was among four parachutists who drifted down from two helicopters.
—Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 30 May 2017
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Shortly after 4 p.m., people began learning that the parachutist had died.
—Sarah Maslin Nir and Nikita Stewart, New York Times, 28 May 2017
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With the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline visible in the distance, the parachutists jumped out of a helicopter around noon, spinning through the sky.
—David W. Chen, New York Times, 30 May 2017
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The report says all 14 parachutists on board jumped to safety during the second spinning event, which lasted nine rotations.
—Washington Post, 22 June 2019
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Rubio, a doctor and former Army parachutist from Miami, rode up on the Soyuz under a new crew swap agreement between the two countries.
—Marcia Dunn, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022
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