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glides

  • plural
    of glide.
    glide
    verb (used without object)
    to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
  • present tense form
    of glide (3rd person singular).
    glide
    verb (used without object)
    to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.

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Think of Eberechi Eze in the way he effortlessly glides across the pitch with the ball.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Maxine glides along, bathed in gratitude, making assured artistic decisions and certain that she is on the precipice of something that will change her life forever.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

It glides by smoothly, and Ms. Mann’s lilting, melancholy songs are hypnotically lovely, but the characters’ anguish and psychological distress are only faintly sketched in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Nothing seems to ruffle his fur as this political veteran glides from crisis to crisis with feline calm, and the lick of a paw.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

A lightship with twin beacons glides past as America recedes; ahead wait the great glittering prairies of the Atlantic.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr