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high-flying

British

adjective

having great ambition or ability

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Kane did not figure in either the draw against Uruguay or this loss to an impressive Japan, who sit 18th in the Fifa rankings, some 14 places below high-flying England.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

And he’d know: Niederhoffer personally blew up two high-flying funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The fellow students on Flament's international business degree course had been through a battery of interviews and assessments to secure high-flying internships.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Concerns around AI no longer are limited in scope to potential overspending on artificial intelligence from a small group of high-flying tech companies.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

When we played soccer in the yard, the babushkas would suck their teeth, because Ali Shekari was a high-flying acrobat with the ball.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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