as in flying
travel through the air by the use of wings
for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds
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as in escape
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Google's longtime price alerts for flights have been popular, so the company is expanding that functionality to hotels, too.
—Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2022, the Liberty were fined a record $500,000 for chartering flights to away games, with the league citing competitive advantage.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That same study found conversations about flight anxiety jumped 72% on X and 22% on Reddit.
—Kara Fellows, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Practical considerations taken into account were travel (several industry vets griped that there was only one direct flight daily from LAX to Cincinnati), public transportation, housing and, of course, available movie theater venues.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Google's longtime price alerts for flights have been popular, so the company is expanding that functionality to hotels, too.
—Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
In 2022, the Liberty were fined a record $500,000 for chartering flights to away games, with the league citing competitive advantage.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2025
That same study found conversations about flight anxiety jumped 72% on X and 22% on Reddit.
—Kara Fellows, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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