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Sanchez first announced her plan to fly with an all-women crew on a Blue Origin rocket in 2023 in an interview with Vogue, saying they were "paving the way for women".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

An Ankara consultancy company executive said expectations of economic policy changes were paving the way for investment.

From Reuters • Apr. 19, 2023

“If we could do this,” she said, “we were paving the way for others like us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022

On Tuesday, workers still were paving parts of the plaza around the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rio's Olympic Park.

From US News • Sep. 7, 2016

“I thought you were paving Michael’s past with your own good intentions.”

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton