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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
looking for a college course that he could just glide through
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as in to hover
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
water striders gliding along the surface of the brook
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Recent Examples of glide
These smart devices glide around your home, picking up dust, pet hair, crumbs, and more with minimal effort.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In Sunday’s practice inside the stadium, McBride glided through red zone seven-on-sevens and collected quarterback Kyler Murray’s first two passes, including one for a touchdown.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Wearing a green track jacket and pearls, Billie Jean King glided out from behind the bar.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
The payment glided across Visa's network, processed through Stripe, and landed in the merchant's account.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
In Sunday’s practice inside the stadium, McBride glided through red zone seven-on-sevens and collected quarterback Kyler Murray’s first two passes, including one for a touchdown.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Wearing a green track jacket and pearls, Billie Jean King glided out from behind the bar.
—Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
The payment glided across Visa's network, processed through Stripe, and landed in the merchant's account.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glide
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Many of the cheaper products that US customers like to buy used to fall under the de minimis exemption, which allowed items worth less than $800 to flow into the United States duty-free.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Set rules for how discrepancies are resolved and make sure those decisions flow back into operations to close the loop.—
Charles Wong,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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In June, my children and I flew from Singapore to Texas to visit family.—
Monica Pitrelli,
CNBC,
25 Aug. 2025
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Executing the heists: 'special ops tactical team' On Feb. 1, 2023, five Chilean nationals flew from the Los Angeles airport to the Detroit area.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
25 Aug. 2025
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median employee tenure in US industries hovers around 3.9 years, while voluntary quits remain persistently high.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The rate hovered closer to 65 percent in the early 2000s, before dipping more sharply in recent years.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist and creator of the Sahm Rule recession indicator, also noted that inflation is clearly drifting in the wrong direction.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The dog begins to drift away in a hilarious and slightly terrifying scene that has received one million views.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Besides the Cool Springs location, the brand is also planing to open stores at Opry Mills and West Town Mall in Knoxville this fall.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Five flies in the storage area planed on pots and pans.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2025
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Several potential sites have been floated for the Royals: the team’s current spot at Kauffman Stadium, downtown Kansas City, North Kansas City and locations across the state line in Kansas.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
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About two minutes in, a chunk of Ship's skirt — the basal part near its engine bay — broke apart, sending debris floating into the final frontier.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The cruise was intended to sail in November from Miami to Mexico—until artists like Dispatch, Maggie Rose, Hirie, and Liz Vice pulled their performances.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Passengers sailing on Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas shouldn’t ever find themselves in a state of boredom while traveling aboard the world’s largest cruise ship.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Starting in the 1800s as a series of trails winging through forests and connecting the logging and fishing communities, the modern world brought roads with it for horses and wagons, the automobile, school buses, and you.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Sunny worked the night shift at the Associated Press, where he had been employed straight out of his graduate program at Columbia University, in an entry-level position, learning the rules of the A.P. Stylebook, editing and sending out on the wire the news that came winging in at all hours.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Glide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glide. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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