as in flying
travel through the air by the use of wings
for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds
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as in escape
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Recent Examples of flight
Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
Did Fielder need to lock the network lawyers assigned to Season 2 inside of Nate’s Lizard Lounge for the duration of the two-hour and 10-minute flight?
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
Next, the city must act now to impose a moratorium on nonessential helicopter flights from these heliports.
—Eric Katzman, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
The report stated that passengers and flight crew had restrained the individual.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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Even without music to ratchet up the tension of an ultimately uneventful flight, the sight of Fielder in the cockpit at cruising altitude is jaw-dropping in a way TV rarely has the capacity to be.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 26 May 2025
Did Fielder need to lock the network lawyers assigned to Season 2 inside of Nate’s Lizard Lounge for the duration of the two-hour and 10-minute flight?
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
Next, the city must act now to impose a moratorium on nonessential helicopter flights from these heliports.
—Eric Katzman, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
The report stated that passengers and flight crew had restrained the individual.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
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“Flight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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