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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Recent Examples of flight
Karri Peifer, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
One of those technologies was the plucky Ingenuity helicopter, a robotic flyer that was designed to make five test flights.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Last week, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to allow two U.S. military flights full of Colombian deportees to land, Trump blew a gasket and ordered his team to execute a 25% tax on Colombian goods entering the United States.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
By Plane Culebra receives direct flights from San Juan, Ceiba, and the nearby island of Vieques at the tiny Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) near Ensenada Honda.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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The flights will run on Wednesdays and Saturdays, leaving Richmond around 6:30pm with return flights departing around 3:30pm.
Round-trip tickets for the June 7 flight start at $528, per an Axios review.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
One of those technologies was the plucky Ingenuity helicopter, a robotic flyer that was designed to make five test flights.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Last week, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to allow two U.S. military flights full of Colombian deportees to land, Trump blew a gasket and ordered his team to execute a 25% tax on Colombian goods entering the United States.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
By Plane Culebra receives direct flights from San Juan, Ceiba, and the nearby island of Vieques at the tiny Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport (CPX) near Ensenada Honda.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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