high-flying
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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How do you stop a flock of high-flying Ducks?
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
The financial turmoil marks a stunning turnaround for the once high-flying digital-media upstart.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
The conviction caps the downfall of Tal and Oren, the high-flying real-estate agents who once brokered some of the country’s priciest transactions in New York, Aspen and Miami.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Hearts will play high-flying Motherwell twice before the season's end.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
While they enjoy wheeled transports, pleasure boats, even high-flying airjets, we get nothing more than our own two feet, or a push cycle if we’re lucky.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
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