Example Sentences

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“Maybe it is because we are parachuting in for the games and have to be a little more off the cuff but it has been a benefit on the air.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2018

Over and over you are parachuting into an unfamiliar country and culture.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2018

Washington has promised $50 million in emergency aid, and already C-130 cargo planes are parachuting an airlift of blankets, plastic sheets, medical supplies and disaster-survival kits to victims.

From Time Magazine Archive