gliding
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Depending on your temperament, breaking things down by location may be enough to get you gliding from zone to zone.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Some scientists thought these fish-eating creatures may have been fully aquatic, gliding through deep waters to snare prey.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Instead of gliding, he is “literally flying up the hill,” said Hans-Christer Holmberg, a professor at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
“With surfing and skating, there’s always been that mix of flow and violence. You’re carving, you’re gliding, and then sometimes you take a wave on the head,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
They were gliding away as Ixtali said, “May the Great Mother be with you in all your travels, and don’t forget to pick the flowers.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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