kiting
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Origin of kiting
Example Sentences
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In the late nineteen-eighties, a few years before Moore discovered kiting, Don Montague started his own experiments in aerodynamics.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 13, 2019
Kite clubs around Seattle and Whidbey Island can help you get involved in group events — or check our list of top kiting spots and go solo.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2016
In the early 1990’s, Bankers Trust Company suspected that Madoff and a friend of his named Norman Levy had been kiting checks.
From Forbes • Sep. 26, 2014
But otherwise he consistently skirts the sublime, whether in the oceanic washes of Open Up Your Door, Tonight the Streets Are Ours' breezy hula, or hallucinogenic kiting tune Don't Stare At The Sun.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2013
He sent the 190 kiting along the tops of the waves and away inland.
From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George
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