- present participle of glide.
gliding
Britishnoun
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Romesh and Bash decided she had gone under the radar long enough: "One of the greatest gliders in the game. Maybe Olympic level gliding," mused Bash.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Then they spend hours gliding downstream past scenery that might as well be a Northern California highlight reel: vineyards, redwood forests and eventually a beach scene full of driftwood and sea stacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Its Instagram channel shared reels of Roger Federer and other stars gliding across the court to popular 1990s Bollywood hits.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
On and on the delivery truck went, racing over long bridges, shooting through mountain tunnels, gliding down straight stretches of highway, until it started to slow.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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