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Recent Examples of flight path
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after multiple pilots preparing to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport received faulty warnings about possible obstacles in their flight paths on Saturday.
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Sweeney posted the flight path that Trump’s plane took from Southern Florida to Texas in November ahead of a SpaceX launch, which for a while hugged the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico instead of tracing a straight line over the body of water.
—Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The American Eagle plane was descending to land around 9 p.m. when the military chopper was shifting from one flight path to another, a common move often performed in the airspace.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The military helicopter may have been flying outside its approved flight path, at a higher altitude than it was supposed to be, and at least half a mile off the approved route, theNew York Times reported.
—Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Sweeney posted the flight path that Trump’s plane took from Southern Florida to Texas in November ahead of a SpaceX launch, which for a while hugged the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico instead of tracing a straight line over the body of water.
—Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2025
The American Eagle plane was descending to land around 9 p.m. when the military chopper was shifting from one flight path to another, a common move often performed in the airspace.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
The military helicopter may have been flying outside its approved flight path, at a higher altitude than it was supposed to be, and at least half a mile off the approved route, theNew York Times reported.
—Ray Sanchez and Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
Noun
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Still, further tariffs will happen with inflation on a downward trajectory — which beats the alternative.—
Axios,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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However, further studies on the asteroid's trajectory later that month brought the chance of Earth impact on December 22 in 2032 further down to 0.004 percent.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Connecting from beyond the arc certainly helped Evanston, which entered the state semifinals with 307 3-pointers made in 35 games.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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In other words, they’ve been outscored by 108 total points from beyond the arc in just three games.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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Liverpool’s fixture list isn’t the kindest Liverpool blank in Gameweek 29 means selling Salah (£13.8m) is an easy route to buying Erling Haaland (£14.7m), who looks to be the best captain for the next two gameweeks as Manchester City host Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City.—
Abdul Rehman,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The parade draws up to a million visitors to the route stretched across South Boston.—
Mike Deehan,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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News filtered through of Vinicius Junior missing a penalty, but with no further goal flashes, the conversations about who was most wanted in the next round boiled down to Real bringing the glamour Arsenal have so missed, but Atletico maybe providing a less daunting path to the next round.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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On land, boardwalks and paths meander through mangroves and tropical hardwood forests.—
Casey Barber,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2025
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These practices limit women's ability to secure capital for education, homeownership or entrepreneurship—all crucial pathways to building financial security.—
Swati Tyagi,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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This leads down several pathways, including a brief, and not exactly flattering exploration of Students for Justice in Palestine.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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As is always the case with her stylistic adventures, the instrumental backing on the track is painstakingly authentic.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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One way to stay on track is by automating monthly contributions from your checking account — 15% of your income is ideal, but even a smaller amount is a good start, especially earlier in life.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Toscano: That’s a decision that’s, like, way above our pay grade.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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The future belongs not to those who simply use AI, but to those who use it in a way that promotes human flourishing in parallel.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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