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Recent Examples of paragliding
Newbies can get a taste for the experience by booking a tandem flight to soar with an experienced pilot from Mount Mackenzie down to the banks of the Columbia River—the highest vertical commercial tandem paragliding launch in North America.
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Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Beyond Skiing: Adventure seekers can experience mountaineering on frozen waterfalls, ice skating, dog sledding, snowshoeing, heli-skiing, snowmobile tours, paragliding and other thrilling winter activities.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Popular among Italians, Germans, Austrians, and Swiss visitors, Lake Garda is a paradise for active travelers, with plenty of opportunities for cycling, hiking, sailing, windsurfing, and paragliding.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Activities along the north-flowing Deschutes River include (depending on the season) downhill and cross-country skiing, fishing, tubing, hiking, rock climbing, bicycling and paragliding.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Beyond Skiing: Adventure seekers can experience mountaineering on frozen waterfalls, ice skating, dog sledding, snowshoeing, heli-skiing, snowmobile tours, paragliding and other thrilling winter activities.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Popular among Italians, Germans, Austrians, and Swiss visitors, Lake Garda is a paradise for active travelers, with plenty of opportunities for cycling, hiking, sailing, windsurfing, and paragliding.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
Activities along the north-flowing Deschutes River include (depending on the season) downhill and cross-country skiing, fishing, tubing, hiking, rock climbing, bicycling and paragliding.
—William P. Barrett, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paragliding
Noun
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The latest fatal skydiving incident happened on Feb. 16.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those interviews were focused on the deaths of Tyler and his tandem instructor Yong Kwon but also delved into the appeal of skydiving, a recreational activity that is adrenaline-pumping but inherently dangerous.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
16 Jan. 2025
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But amid this success, the label discovered its technology stack couldn’t meet the demands of the ballooning business.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Feb. 2025
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The ballooning army of deviant cells may invade nearby tissues, damaging them and causing symptoms.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2025
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This sent prices in neighboring Bangladesh soaring, and authorities are scrambling to find new sources for the vegetable. Elsewhere, a drought in Spain took its toll on olive oil production.—
Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, and Joeal Calupitan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Sep. 2023
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The orange leather piece featured a soaring, nearly hip-grazing leg slit that culminated with a gold buckle at the top.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
26 Sep. 2022
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“Paragliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragliding. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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