wings 1 of 2

plural of wing

wings

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wing
as in flies
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter

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Noun
  • Hezbollah was one of several Axis of Resistance factions to intervene on behalf of the Palestinian movement after its October 7, 2023, attack against Israel that sparked the still-ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • As such, asked for a message to send to the president, as a number of other Axis of Resistance factions have shared with Newsweek in the past, Uli al-Baas declined, citing a gap between the White House and its constituency.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The square exhibit hall hovers 40 feet above the ground, its weight supported by five pillars representing the five branches of the military.
    Jason Allen, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • At its height some 100,000 people called it home; the population now hovers around 36,000.
    Jim Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Because of their mission and non-partisan nature, EDOs are in a strong position to assemble coalitions around specific opportunities.
    Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Throughout Germany, where the AfD has placed highly in state elections, the other parties have generally refused to form coalitions with it.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Wings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wings. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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