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Recent Examples of flyboy
This Korean War flyboy drama was largely passed over at TIFF, but an Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival put it back on pundits’ radars.
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Enter a cocky 60-year-old flyboy and his rag-tag team of young fighter pilots.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
Enter a cocky 60-year-old flyboy and his rag-tag team of young fighter pilots.
—Frank Pallotta, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyboy
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These tools, from chatbots helping with customer inquiries to AI copilot functionalities, are found in platforms such as Microsoft and Salesforce to streamline processes.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The Spanish investigation revealed that at 10:31 UTC, the captain left the flight deck to use the restroom moments before the copilot collapsed alone.—
Danielle Wallace , Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2025
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However, a few minutes later, the pilot announced that due to inclement weather in the Denver area, the landing would be delayed by approximately 25 minutes.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The hospital administrator referred them to Safar, who instead proposed starting a pilot ambulance program focused on the treatment and transportation of critically ill or injured patients.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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The lead plaintiff in one of the cases, Emily Shilling, is a naval aviator and test pilot with nearly two decades of experience.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2025
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In Green Lantern, Reynolds portrayed Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is granted superpowers and joins an intergalactic police force via an all-powerful green ring that grants him his powers.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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The airfield famously hosted an aeronautical school in the 1940s, when the Army Air Corps relied on the facility to train aviators headed off to fight World War II.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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For him and other Black airmen, the waivers became a symbol of unity.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
24 May 2025
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Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base at the time of Gallegos's death.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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“Flyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyboy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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