Example Sentences

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Some are surfers, and there's a few cold-water swimmers and a sky diver.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Then last month, the 37-year-old sky diver and telecom repairman tapped his savings to hear that roar again.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2015

Some media experts said the resurgence of death-defying stunts started two years ago when the Austrian sky diver Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier with his free fall from the stratosphere.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2014

Bush the president, the diplomat, the lawmaker and the sky diver – a title he reclaimed Thursday for his 90th birthday with another jump.

From US News • Jun. 12, 2014

Army sky diver was left dangling on a flagpole at Rangers Ballpark after his parachute got entangled during a pregame jump Tuesday night.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2010