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were jetting
  • past progressive of jet.

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About a month ago, rafters and kayakers were jetting through popular rapids here with names including Black Bottom Falls, Squashed Paddler and Fender Bender.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

Dressed in a dark jacket, white slacks and sunglasses she later bashfully confessed were Gucci knockoffs, Finley looked as though she were jetting to a Cape Cod charity luncheon directly after her talk.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2015

Indeed, the two were jetting off to Australia on Tuesday morning to continue Takei's lecture tour and attend sci-fi conventions in Brisbane and Melbourne.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2015

When she and Daniel were not performing together, they were jetting off separately to tour on different continents, then rushing back home to London to be with each other.

From Time Magazine Archive

You were jetting toward the edge of the galaxy, say.

From The Giants From Outer Space by Reynard, Geoff St.