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Recent Examples of skydiving
Deputies with the Sedwick County Sheriff's Office responded to Air Capital Drop Zone, a skydiving center, following an accident involving 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher.
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Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In April 2015, Victoria Cilliers was believed to have been dead after a 4,000 foot jump at a skydiving center known as the Army Parachute Association in Wiltshire, England.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The actor, 62, will reportedly perform a spectacular skydiving stunt as the Games is handed off to L.A. for 2028.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
Rockstar then packed the world with everything from skydiving and harrier jets to trucking — all within a 6×6 kilometer map, a step up from the 4×4 kilometers for GTA III and Vice City.
—Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
In April 2015, Victoria Cilliers was believed to have been dead after a 4,000 foot jump at a skydiving center known as the Army Parachute Association in Wiltshire, England.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The actor, 62, will reportedly perform a spectacular skydiving stunt as the Games is handed off to L.A. for 2028.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
Rockstar then packed the world with everything from skydiving and harrier jets to trucking — all within a 6×6 kilometer map, a step up from the 4×4 kilometers for GTA III and Vice City.
—Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skydiving
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Though expansions under the Mission Act sought to strengthen VA’s direct care service and what’s known as community care – particularly for rural veterans – the department experienced ballooning costs.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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But ballooning costs and mission delays had begun to make the goal of returning the samples within the 2030s seem impossible.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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Yes, that is Canet playing the paragliding avenger, Franck, who’s trying to free his abducted pregnant wife, Léo (Stéphane Caillard), from a blackmailing thug.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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From paragliding in Turkey to watching the Olympics opening ceremony, these are the activities that stuck with us.—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Dec. 2024
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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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The Ukrainians smell blood—or, more accurately, burning aviation fuel.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Tolbert was deputy city manager in Dallas, overseeing aviation, communications and the Office of Homeless Solutions before she was appointed interim city manager.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Skydiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skydiving. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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