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is parachuting

  • present progressive
    of parachute (3rd person singular).
    parachute
    noun
    a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.

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In one undated video, Nikonov explains he is parachuting onto the Kinburn Peninsula, where the Dnieper River and Black Sea converge.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2022

"Impatience" is the word that springs to mind here in South Africa following the sudden announcement that the main opposition party is parachuting in a prominent black woman as its new presidential candidate.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2014