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is gliding
  • present progressive of glide (3rd person singular).

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This is the airspace Gilgeous-Alexander is gliding into at age 27.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

At the story's close, Joanna is gliding slowly through a supermarket, telling an acquaintance that she no longer does photography because "housework's enough for me."

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2022

It is gliding serenely, undeviatingly, along a rigid track laid down at the beginning of time.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2021

While we’re waving our arms up in the air, we both realize that her car is gliding forward.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2021

It looks like the trio of mallards is gliding through painted water.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi