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Recent Examples of glider
Many of these sale items do both, like a Graco convertible crib and the Baby Relax glider and rocker.
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 3 Sep. 2024
Parents and caregivers should never use inclined products, including rockers, gliders, soothers and swings, for infant sleep and should never leave babies in the products unattended or with bedding material due to the risk of suffocation, according to the CPSC.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
Autonomous underwater gliders first recorded the odd noise echoing through the miles-deep Mariana Trench in 2014.
—Melissa Hobson, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
Its contract with Lotus was for 2,500 rolling gliders, and not all of those ended up as saleable products.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024
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Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 3 Sep. 2024
Parents and caregivers should never use inclined products, including rockers, gliders, soothers and swings, for infant sleep and should never leave babies in the products unattended or with bedding material due to the risk of suffocation, according to the CPSC.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2024
Autonomous underwater gliders first recorded the odd noise echoing through the miles-deep Mariana Trench in 2014.
—Melissa Hobson, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
Its contract with Lotus was for 2,500 rolling gliders, and not all of those ended up as saleable products.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glider
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
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Smoke Bombs To Quantum Dots As far back as WW1, biplane reconnaissance aircraft worked in co-ordination with artillery units.David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Every Sunday from May through October, the Flying Circus features daring aerobatic stunts in vintage biplanes, transporting spectators back to the golden age of aviation.Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
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Located on the South Ari Atoll, 35 minutes by seaplane from the nation’s capital of Malé, Villa Haven is an intimate enclave of just 73 villas and residences, all facing the azure ocean and including a private pool.Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Electric Boat Company, an eco-friendly boat rental service, allows visitors to slowly dodge the seaplanes landing on Lake Union, where views of the downtown skyline and Space Needle abound.Mike Seely, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2024
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
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“Glider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glider. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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