1352 lines
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1352 lines
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"fly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a baseball hit high into the air":[],
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": a detracting factor or element":[],
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": a device consisting of two or more radial vanes capable of rotating on a spindle to act as a fan or to govern the speed of clockwork or very light machinery":[],
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": a fishhook dressed (as with feathers or tinsel) to suggest an insect":[],
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": a football pass pattern in which the receiver runs straight downfield":[],
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": a garment closing concealed by a fold of cloth extending over the fastener":[],
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": a large stout-bodied fly":[],
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": a sheet of material (such as canvas) that is attachable to a tent for use as a double top or as a rooflike extension":[],
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": a winged insect":[
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"\u2014 usually used in combination may flies butter fly"
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],
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": any of a large order (Diptera) of winged or rarely wingless insects (such as the housefly, mosquito, or gnat) that have the anterior wings functional, the posterior wings reduced to halteres, and segmented often headless, eyeless, and legless larvae \u2014 compare maggot":[],
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": avoid , shun":[
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"fly such a talkative woman"
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],
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": flyleaf":[],
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": flywheel":[],
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": in a hurry and often without preparation : hastily , spontaneously":[
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"making decisions on the fly"
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],
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": in motion : busy":[],
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": keen , artful":[],
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": simultaneously with another task":[
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"software that handles formatting on the fly"
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],
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": something attached by one edge: such as":[],
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": the action or process of flying : flight":[],
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": the length of an extended flag from its staff or support":[],
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": the outer or loose end of a flag":[],
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": the space over a theater stage where scenery and equipment can be hung":[],
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": to assail suddenly and violently":[
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"He flew at me in a rage."
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],
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": to be elated":[
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"She was flying high after winning the contest."
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],
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": to be moved with sudden extreme emotion":[
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"flew into a rage"
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],
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": to become expended or dissipated rapidly":[
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"After he became established in the town, his inheritance flew ."
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],
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": to cause to fly, float, or hang in the air":[
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"flying a kite"
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],
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": to fade and disappear : vanish":[
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"mists flying before the morning sun"
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],
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": to flee or escape from":[
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"The bird had flown its cage."
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],
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": to float, wave, or soar in the air":[
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"flags flying at half-mast"
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],
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": to fly an airplane solely by instruments":[],
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": to hit a fly in baseball":[],
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": to journey over or through by flying":[
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"flew the Atlantic"
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],
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": to move in or pass through the air with wings":[
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"bees flying around the hive"
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],
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": to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space":[
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"bullets flying in all directions"
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],
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": to move, pass, or spread quickly":[
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"rumors were flying"
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],
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": to operate (something, such as a balloon, aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft) in flight":[],
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": to operate or travel in an airplane or spacecraft":[
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"They flew to Florida for their vacation."
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],
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": to seem to pass quickly":[
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"the time simply flew"
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],
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": to stand or act forthrightly or brazenly in defiance or contradiction of":[
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"His explanation flies in the face of the evidence."
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],
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": to take flight : flee":[
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"was forced to fly for his life when his enemies came into power"
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],
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": to transport by aircraft or spacecraft":[
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"Supplies were flown to the disaster area."
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],
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": to work successfully : win popular acceptance":[
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"knew \u2026 a pure human-rights approach would not fly",
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"\u2014 Charles Brydon"
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],
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": while still in the air : without the ball bouncing":[
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"the home run carried 450 feet on the fly"
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],
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"river 650 miles (1046 kilometers) long in southern New Guinea flowing southeast into the Gulf of Papua":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1811, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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"1893, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English flie , from Old English fl\u0113oge ; akin to Old High German flioga fly, Old English fl\u0113ogan to fly":"Noun",
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"Middle English flien , from Old English fl\u0113ogan ; akin to Old High German fliogan to fly and probably to Old English fl\u014dwan to flow":"Verb and Noun",
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"probably from fly entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aviate",
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"glide",
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"plane",
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"soar",
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"wing"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042418",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fly in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a gathering (as at a small airport) of flying enthusiasts who arrive by private plane":[],
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": an act of flying to a destination":[
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"planned the fly-in of the rescue planes"
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],
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": an outdoor theater planned for the patronage of persons remaining in their private planes \u2014 compare drive-in":[],
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": to switch (a railroad car) by a flying switch":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from fly in , verb":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064054",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"flyer":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a reckless or speculative venture":[
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"\u2014 usually used in the phrase take a flier He took a flier in politics soon after getting his degree."
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],
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": an advertising circular":[
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"Flyers announcing the concert were distributed throughout the city."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033204",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flying":{
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"antonyms":[
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"flight"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having stylized wings":[
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"\u2014 used especially of livestock brand marks"
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],
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": intended for ready movement or action":[
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"a flying squad car"
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],
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": moving or capable of moving in the air":[],
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": moving or made by moving rapidly":[
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"flying feet",
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"a flying leap"
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],
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": of or relating to the operation of aircraft":[
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"a flying club"
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],
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": the operation of an aircraft or spacecraft":[],
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": travel by air":[],
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": traversed or to be traversed (as in speed-record trials) after a running start":[
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"a flying kilometer"
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],
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": very brief":[],
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": with complete or eminent success":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a story about a flying car",
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"a flying attempt at finishing the work",
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"Noun",
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"had never had the slightest fear of flying",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
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"Watching through the video feed streaming to his phone, Barques sends a flying drone carrying a fishing line out over the surf, searching for large sandy canals and depressions in the seafloor. \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
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"The option to receive your Walmart deliveries via a flying drone is coming to more US customers. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
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"The pilot who became unconscious during a flight in Florida last week, leading to a miraculous landing from a passenger with no flying experience, has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery for a tear in his aorta, Today reported. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 17 May 2022",
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"Air says the craft will be able to cruise at speeds up to 155 mph and has a flying range of 110 miles. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 19 Oct. 2021",
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"Kemp and Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Butch Miller both canceled plans to make a flying tour of Georgia cities. \u2014 Jeff Amy, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
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"If falling stock prices and a scarcity of investment force consolidation in the flying -car industry, this could mean legacy aerospace companies, not disrupters, might someday build our Jetsons future. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
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"Forman is a flight nurse in what is best described as a flying intensive care unit \u2014 an air ambulance that serves San Diego and the surrounding communities via helicopter. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Crystal Cabin Awards often sees some of its most innovative submissions crop up in the University category, where the next generation of aviation designers offer up their take on the future of flying . \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 15 June 2022",
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"Notably, the United States still requires a negative COVID-19 test within a day of flying to the country. \u2014 David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
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"Notably, the United States still requires a negative COVID-19 test within a day of flying to the country. \u2014 CBS News , 27 May 2022",
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"Notably, the United States still requires a negative COVID-19 test within a day of flying to the country. \u2014 David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 May 2022",
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"Notably, the United States still requires a negative COVID-19 test within a day of flying to the country. \u2014 David Koenig, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
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"The cost of partnering with 4Air on a flight program is minimal, per Ricci\u2014a few hundred dollars at most per hour of flying for its most intensive certification. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 21 May 2022",
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"In the process, Cruise helped Connelly conquer her long-time fear of flying . \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
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"For someone who was once afraid of flying , Danny Ramirez sure picks projects that force him to push through his phobia on screen. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 17 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cursory",
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"drive-by",
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"gadarene",
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"hasty",
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"headlong",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hurried",
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"overhasty",
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"pell-mell",
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"precipitate",
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"precipitous",
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"rash",
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"rushed"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090914",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flying bent":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": moor grass sense 2":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171536",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flying boat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a seaplane with a hull designed for floating":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Here, after World War II, the quixotic \u2014 all right, yes, and the downright weird \u2014 aviator/producer/industrialist Howard Hughes built the enormous wooden flying boat that just about everyone but Hughes called the Spruce Goose. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The largest operational flying boat in existence, which most recently fought forest fires from the air, is up for sale. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
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"After attending Yale and Cambridge University in England, Harry was entranced by the adventure of flying, purchased a Curtiss flying boat , and served with distinction during World War I. \u2014 Rinker Buck, WSJ , 10 Oct. 2021",
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"The 1930s was also the heyday of the flying boat \u2014a bulky vessel whose fuselage acted as the hull, floating it when the plane was in the water. \u2014 Barbara Peterson, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"Curtiss never looked back, fielding one superb flying boat design after another. \u2014 Walter J. Boyne And Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2021",
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"The first airline flight in America was a 23-minute jaunt across Tampa Bay in 1914, on which a single passenger joined the pilot in a noisy, windy open-cockpit Benoist flying boat . \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"At the same time, Imperial Airways' flying boat , the Caledonia, flew the route from east to west in fifteen hours and twenty-eight minutes, averaging 132 miles per hour. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"In 1935, a flying boat , the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055426",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flying bomb":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": buzz bomb":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"At the time the Germans were launching buzz bombs, or V-1 flying bombs , which would nose-dive into the ground with about a ton of TNT. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2020",
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"The Jaguar, on fire and laden with fuel, was a flying bomb . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 1 July 2019",
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"Some speculated the plane was stolen as part of an insurance scam, or perhaps taken by terrorists who planned to use it as a flying bomb , but the truth remains unknown. \u2014 Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics , 13 Aug. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140220",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flying squirrel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Most have obvious control surfaces \u2014 the skin flaps of the flying squirrel are a good example. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"The flying squirrel may be the archetype, and some spiders, lizards and frogs can sail through the air and come in for a soft landing. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
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"Southern species of flying squirrel colonizing Michigan. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
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"The list reads like speculative fiction: the Ilin Island cloudrunner, in the Philippines; the Namdapha flying squirrel , in India; the Blanco blind salamander, in Texas. \u2014 Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Those include a baby flying squirrel , a baby fox and bear cubs. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"When the fight resumes, Torres gets the upper hand, doing a flying squirrel move off the side of the cage and then grappling the giant man into submission. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Those include a baby flying squirrel , a baby fox and bear cubs. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"Those include a baby flying squirrel , a baby fox and bear cubs. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195418",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"flyspeck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a speck made by fly excrement":[],
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": something small and insignificant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She grew up in a flyspeck of a town.",
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"surreptitiously removed a flyspeck of dirt from the china",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sooty blotch looks like a brown or black blotch on the fruit; sooty blotch, unlike flyspeck , will wipe off the fruit. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2022",
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"Travelers jumping into the West Texas badlands from Mexico through Candelaria, a flyspeck village 50 miles up two-lane blacktop northwest of Presidio, might be deceived by the prevailing verdant quiet. \u2014 Dudley Althaus, San Antonio Express-News , 26 June 2021",
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"To those who grew up with Duncan in the U.S. Virgin Islands, their friend\u2019s voyage from a picturesque flyspeck in the middle of the ocean to the basketball Hall of Fame was equal parts preordained and inconceivable. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2021",
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"But with a thousand islands scattered along their country\u2019s jade-green Adriatic coast, from deserted flyspecks to hipster outposts, there\u2019s no shortage of places to lick one\u2019s wounds\u2014or bask in silver-medal glory. \u2014 Anja Muti\u0107, WSJ , 19 July 2018",
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"Compared to this, Comcast is a flyspeck , and Charter hasn\u2019t even gotten started. \u2014 David Dayen, The New Republic , 30 Apr. 2018",
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"Amid these forces, Fed rate hikes are a relative flyspeck , says Doug Duncan, chief economist of Fannie Mae. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2017",
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"For a mere flyspeck , Bogoslof Island has been causing quite a commotion recently. \u2014 Henry Fountain, New York Times , 30 Dec. 2016"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u02ccspek"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"atom",
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"bit",
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"crumb",
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"dribble",
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"fleck",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"molecule",
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"morsel",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"nugget",
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"particle",
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"patch",
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"scrap",
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"scruple",
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"snip",
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"snippet",
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"speck",
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"tittle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085027",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"flying lemur":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": either of two nocturnal arboreal mammals ( Cynocephalus volans of the Philippines and C. variegatus synonym Galeopterus variegatus of Vietnam and Thailand south to Indonesia) that are about the size of a cat, that make long gliding leaps using a broad fold of skin on each side attached to and extending between the limbs, and that are placed in a separate taxonomic order (Dermoptera)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There were really strong winds and a Colugo ( flying lemur ) nest! \u2014 Unding Jami, National Geographic , 3 Apr. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173125"
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},
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"flying bridge":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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": flybridge":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Each flying bridge is painstakingly cut by hand using a small piece of boxwood, requiring skilled artisans a full day to achieve its finish. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"Pilot Kevin Monaco takes the lead in guiding the ship\u2019s docking from his position on the flying bridge while Webb works on the bridge and another pilot takes watch on the bow. \u2014 Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics , 19 Mar. 2019",
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"On the captain\u2019s fly bridge , naval maps flutter in spring breeze and the engine order telegraph is pointing at idle. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2018",
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"In May, the company is scheduled to launch a 61-foot sport fisherman with a large salon, fly bridge and three state rooms. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun-Sentinel.com , 23 Mar. 2018"
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220253"
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"fly ash":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": fine solid particles of ashes, dust, and soot carried out from burning fuel (such as coal or oil) by the draft":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The idea that transportation ruled out full removal of the coal ash in both ponds was questioned by multiple community members who pointed out that fly ash , a similar type of coal combustion residual, is already regularly shipped from the facility. \u2014 Sylvia Goodman, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"There are several types of coal ash, including fly ash , which is fine and powdery, bottom ash which is heavy and coarse, and boiler slag, which is melted bottom ash. \u2014 Isabelle Chapman, CNN , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Until recently, the industry was finding economies in recycling fly ash and slag \u2014 waste products from coal plants, which are now growing scarce, and steel plants, which are concentrated in China. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"The dust from the mine and the coal fly ash from the thermal power plant blanketed everything. \u2014 Ishan Kukreti, Quartz , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"At concrete batch plants, respirable crystalline silica can come from cement and fly ash , a powder used in producing cement. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"Additionally, the fly ash produced by Stronghold is classified as fertilizer and has been awarded an agriculture liming materials license by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\u2019s Department of Agriculture. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
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"As for the reservoir, Compton said there have been discussions of using fly ash , a byproduct of coal-burning power plants, which would eventually harden and prevent the reservoir from filling with water again. \u2014 Curt Anderson, orlandosentinel.com , 6 Apr. 2021",
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"As for the reservoir, Compton said there have been discussions of using fly ash , a byproduct of coal-burning power plants, which would eventually harden and prevent the reservoir from filling with water again. \u2014 Curt Anderson, ajc , 6 Apr. 2021"
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224018"
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": an extension of a jibboom":[]
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"fly anchor":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": sea anchor , drag":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010824"
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},
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"flying level":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hand level used by civil engineers for reconnaissance over a course (as of a projected road or canal)":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012259"
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},
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"flying fish":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous bony fishes (family Exocoetidae) chiefly of tropical and warm seas that are capable of long gliding flights out of water by spreading their large pectoral fins like wings":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The seafood linguine with flying fish roe is a winner, as is the sea bass fillet with gnocchi, eggplant, and cashew, in lemon butter and cilantro. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"On the right, six flying fish flash by like oversize dragonflies. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The Big Island\u2019s Mauna Lani Auberge Resorts Collection, which is spread out on 32 acres of beach surrounded by black lava rock and ancient fish ponds filled with m\u0101lolo ( flying fish ), recently finished a $200 million top-to-bottom renovation. \u2014 Diana Spechler, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
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"Exhibits include a Bone Hall (with giant sea turtle and flying fish skeletons) and a Hall of Human Origins. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"Australian Kareena Lee, who finished in third place and earned a bronze medal, had another element to contend with -- flying fish . \u2014 Rebecca Saunders, CNN , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Farther west are Hangar 7 and the Marine Air Terminal, known as Terminal A, where terra cotta flying fish symbolize the Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats that skimmed across nearby Bowery Bay in 1939. \u2014 Craig Ruttle, Star Tribune , 27 May 2021",
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"Today, tourists rent motor scooters to cruise along the bumpy island road, stopping for snaps at rocky overlooks and beaches lined with boats for catching flying fish \u2013 and the flowers that give Orchid its name. \u2014 Ralph Jennings, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 May 2021",
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"As the officers pulled them from the water, Day, 41, and the other Vietnamese men piled into lifeboats and watched their craft \u2014 laden with several hundred pounds of tuna, mackerel, grouper and flying fish \u2014 begin to float away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1511, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012321"
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"flybridge":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an open deck on a cabin cruiser located above the bridge on the cabin roof and usually having a duplicate set of navigating equipment":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u02ccbrij"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The exterior, which was spearheaded by Salvetti, sports clean lines and a partially open flybridge . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 June 2022",
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"Elsewhere, the flybridge , which spans roughly 1,000 feet, is equipped with a dining table, bar and lounge, while the foredeck offers enough space for a couple of Jet Skis. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 May 2022",
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"The flybridge provides an inside-outside living area, with an edgy, angular carbon-fiber top covering about half of it. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"An exterior staircase, also on starboard, crosses the flybridge and provides access to the foredeck living area. \u2014 Richard Alban, Robb Report , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"The flybridge , meanwhile, is fitted with a bar, dining table and a spa flanked by sun pads. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 10 Dec. 2021",
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"The flybridge with Jacuzzi was the second outdoor social area, a bit more intimate than the main salon/cockpit on the deck below. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"For thrill-seekers, the very top deck, high above the flybridge hardtop, will provide stunning 360-degree views of the water. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 7 May 2021",
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"Out on deck, the flybridge is the focal point, with 360-degree views, a large Jacuzzi with sunpads, and total navigation stations with dual helms. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020638"
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},
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"flying boom":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a rigid fuel pipe flexibly joined to the tail of a tanker airplane and fitted at its after end with airfoils which are controllable from the tanker and which permit it to be guided into contact with an airplane being refueled in flight":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022836"
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"flying phalanger":{
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various small phalangers of the Australian region (especially of the genera Petaurus and Acrobates ) that have a wide membrane like that of the flying squirrels connecting the forelegs and hind legs and similarly used":[
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"\u2014 compare sugar squirrel"
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025642"
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},
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"flying rings":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a pair of metal rings covered with leather or rubber and suspended at the ends of swinging ropes for use in gymnastic exercises":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032200"
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},
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"flying field":{
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"type":[
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a field with a graded portion for the taking off and landing of airplanes and sometimes with buildings for their shelter and maintenance":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032614"
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"fly net":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a net to exclude or keep off insects (as from a harness horse)":[]
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033656"
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},
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"flyaway":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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": loose and flowing especially because of unconfined fullness at the back":[
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"a flyaway jacket"
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],
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": of, relating to, or being an aircraft that is ready to fly":[
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"the plane's flyaway price"
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],
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": very thin and light : difficult to keep tidy":[
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"Her hair was the blond flyaway variety, sometimes looking as if it was exploding from her scalp \u2026",
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"\u2014 Peter Keepnews"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Just as distinctive was Allen's crazy, flyaway hairstyle. \u2014 Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Feb. 2018",
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"The daily brushing combined with generous amounts of a white cr\u00e8me called Vitapointe worked and my curls grew into long, flyaway strands of hair that were provisionally well-behaved. \u2014 Dara Lurie, Longreads , 15 Jan. 2018",
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"At Racked, Eliza Brooke looks at that enduring style icon \u2014 the French Girl \u2014 and the big money to be made riding her aspirational, stylishly flyaway coattails. \u2014 Michelle W., Longreads , 5 July 2017"
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"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-033858"
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},
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"fly-fishing":{
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"type":[
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a method of fishing in which an artificial fly is cast by use of a fly rod, a reel, and a relatively heavy oiled or treated line":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u02ccfi-shi\u014b"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034604"
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},
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"flyflap":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a device (as a fan) for driving away or killing flies":[],
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": to drive away flies with a flyflap":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English flieflappe , from flie fly + flappe flap":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043719"
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},
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"flying jib":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a sail outside the jib on an extension of the jibboom \u2014 see sail illustration":[]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1711, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051547"
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},
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"flying bond":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bond in masonry formed by inserting headers at considerable intervals only":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054659"
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},
|
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"flying jenny":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a usually simple homemade merry-go-round":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062221"
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},
|
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"flyboy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u02ccb\u022fi"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Kilmer, who recently survived a bout with throat cancer, appears in the new film, but his Admiral Kazansky has left flyboy antics long behind. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
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"Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are flyboy BFFs who love the same woman (Kate Beckinsale) \u2013 one dude gets with her when the other dies, and then that guy ends up alive, which makes everything awkward \u2013 in an infamously disappointing effort. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"Over the next two years, Jonathan Majors will play a cowboy, a flyboy , a boxer and Marvel\u2019s newest supervillain. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 4 Nov. 2021",
|
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"The spirit greets a firefighting pilot who dies and then has to help a fellow flyboy who falls in love with the late dude's girlfriend. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 9 June 2021",
|
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"Released in 1986 and starring Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and some other guy, the movie is a prime specimen of its era\u2019s high-concept entertainment, full of movie-star bravado and flyboy bluster. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 19 Mar. 2020",
|
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"The legendary Paul Mantz was the principal stunt pilot, and the rest of the flyboys were made up of former World War I pilots. \u2014 Susan King, Los Angeles Times , 1 Jan. 2020",
|
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"Wedge Antilles flies again Speaking of Red Squadron, Luke\u2019s fellow flyboy Wedge Antilles joins the climactic battle against the Final Order (the ultimate incarnation of the First Order). \u2014 Oliver Gettell, EW.com , 20 Dec. 2019",
|
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"Oscar Isaac, a movie star in his own right, charms as the reckless flyboy Poe Dameron. \u2014 Alex Kane, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091702"
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},
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"flying ring":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": one of a pair of metal rings covered with leather or rubber and suspended at the ends of swinging ropes for use in gymnastic exercises":[]
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-095356"
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},
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"flying machine":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an apparatus for navigating the air":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On the weekends, the crew has been constructing their flying machine inside a warehouse on the company's campus. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
|
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"The English Channel was shrouded in a cold and clammy fog; the small fabric-and-wood flying machine perched atop the Dover cliffs looked impossibly flimsy. \u2014 Charlotte Gray, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
|
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"One of the first things Perseverance did was deploy Ingenuity, a small robotic helicopter and the first such flying machine to take off on another planet. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
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"As a true inventor, Taylor also recently created a new flying machine called the \u2018Sky\u2019. \u2014 Robert Reiss, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"The montage serves as a reminder that airline passengers board flights and head toward family, work, vacations and back with a sense of security in the flying machine that convey them. \u2014 Lisa Kennedy, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Failures of nerve happen when the facts are known and the challenge clear, but somehow an experiment risks yielding a result that seems outlandish\u2014a flying machine , a rocket, factories the size of a pin. \u2014 Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ , 26 Dec. 2021",
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"During one Dune scene in which Ferguson is trapped in a birdlike flying machine called an ornithopter, her terror was pushed to its white- knuckle limit. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 3 Sep. 2021"
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"Tucker Carlson offered that his son was a good squash player and an excellent fly fisherman . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
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"Alex Dietz, a Bend fly fisherman , used an early Christmas gift, a hall pass from his wife, to score a new Oregon-record mountain whitefish and, possibly, a new world record. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Jan. 2022",
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"Having fished in the area every year for 50 years, Ishiyama ensures that his team makes the experience a top-notch one for fly fisherman who travel near and far to the lodge. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2021",
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"One features a fish, representing how her husband is an avid fly fisherman . \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 15 July 2021",
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"Outside the classroom, Professor Edinger was a serious fly fisherman who liked backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada and playing classical music and jazz piano. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 1 July 2021",
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"For more than 60 years, Nelson Ishiyama has been an avid fly fisherman , traveling to every corner of the world, including Argentina, Alaska, New Zealand, and Russia, to fish. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2021",
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"But this site on the banks of the R\u00edo Liucura, a fly fisherman 's dream brimming over from the recent rain, felt more like a community. \u2014 John Bowe, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2021",
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"In pondering his retirement as a widower, Oliver, an avid fly fisherman , came to realize that nothing was keeping him in the Midwest, and his daughter and family lived in fish-friendly Seattle. \u2014 Steve Parrish, Forbes , 26 May 2021"
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"In the original Top Gun, Maverick buzzes the tower after being denied a flyby . \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
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"The flyby gave us a close-up look of a gloriously blue world, its moons, and its rings. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
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"Emirates has 115 A380s in its fleet -- to do a flyby at the same height as the building. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"One consequence is that its orbit reduced from 53 to 43 days, and that each close flyby \u2014or perijove\u2014is closer than before. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"Failing that, Sundog suggests number two: avoid the breathless, flyby , military-style grunting of logistical information. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 June 2021",
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"Solar Orbiter is now getting into position for a third flyby of Venus in September and its next close pass of the sun in October. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 18 May 2022",
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"The next flyby is expected to come around May 25, 2029. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"For starters, no space agency has been there since a brief flyby in 1986 by Voyager 2. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"The dial is an interesting sector-like dial and has the nickname \u2018Disco Volante\u2019 because the design is like a flying saucer or flying disc. \u2014 Jon Alain Guzik, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 June 2022",
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"Moving even faster than the train is a flying saucer emanating a bright cone of light and clearly intent on beaming up the damsel. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"Around the corner was another Soviet-era building that looked like a flying saucer . \u2014 Megan Buskey, The Atlantic , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"The object resembles a flying saucer that crashed on Mars. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"That train \u2014 and flying saucer \u2014 arrive Monday, right on schedule. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"One cavern\u2019s silhouette resembles a giant flying saucer ; another is big enough to accommodate Chicago\u2019s Willis Tower. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Shortly after sunrise on a recent Saturday, an engineer for Inversion Space, a start-up that\u2019s barely a year old, tossed a capsule resembling a flying saucer out the open door of an aircraft flying at 3,000 feet. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"On their first day back at camp after a long school year, a group of four friends skip their curfew and, while outside their bunks, witness the crash of a flying saucer . \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 18 Nov. 2021"
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