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gliding

British  
/ ˈɡlaɪdɪŋ /

noun

  1. the sport of flying in a glider

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Depending on your temperament, breaking things down by location may be enough to get you gliding from zone to zone.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Photographs showed sailors in crisp whites and a grey frigate gliding in the sea harbour on a clear day.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Some scientists thought these fish-eating creatures may have been fully aquatic, gliding through deep waters to snare prey.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Instead of gliding, he is “literally flying up the hill,” said Hans-Christer Holmberg, a professor at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

An image jumps out, of sailboats gliding along the bay on a pretty day.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

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