black flight
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Just before a dive, they’d change into fleece vests, black flight suits bearing the OceanGate logo and warm socks — no shoes allowed on the submersible.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
I asked Dureza, who wore mirrored Oakley sunglasses and a black flight vest over a Jaguar racing shirt, how he’d been able to free Sekkingstad.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2016
White flight soon became middle-class black flight, and overall population atrophied from a peak Census tally of 627,000 in 1960 to 343,000 40 years later.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2015
"When black flight out of the city began, this was the logical frontier," Gordon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2014
The black-and-white picture was of a man who looked almost exactly like Miles, one eyebrow quirked up, wearing a black flight jacket and standing next to a WWII-era fighter plane.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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