overfly
verb
over·fly ˌō-vər-ˈflī 
overflew ˌō-vər-ˈflü ; overflown ˌō-vər-ˈflōn ; overflying
; overflown ˌō-vər-ˈflōn ; overflying
: to fly over
especially : to pass over in an aircraft or spacecraft
Examples of overfly in a Sentence
The jets overflew the stadium.
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Freed from all the entanglements that come with having to launch a ground invasion, air war can overfly not just morality and law but arguments, rationales, the calibration of risks to rewards and of suffering to satisfaction. —
Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 In a peculiar incident in early March, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana was subject to a shelter-in-place order because the facility—which houses B-52 bombers, a major element of the U.S. nuclear arsenal—was being overflown by unauthorized drones. —Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2026 Rubio complained bitterly that NATO ally Spain had barred U.S. planes involved in the war against Iran from overflying its airspace. —Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 While the Ukraine-Russia conflict continues, for example, U.S. airlines likely won’t be able to overfly Russian airspace. —Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overfly
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026 In a peculiar incident in early March, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana was subject to a shelter-in-place order because the facility—which houses B-52 bombers, a major element of the U.S. nuclear arsenal—was being overflown by unauthorized drones. —Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2026 Rubio complained bitterly that NATO ally Spain had barred U.S. planes involved in the war against Iran from overflying its airspace. —Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 While the Ukraine-Russia conflict continues, for example, U.S. airlines likely won’t be able to overfly Russian airspace. —Zach Wichter, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overfly
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“Overfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/overfly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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overfly
verb
over·fly ˌō-vər-ˈflī
: to fly over
especially : to pass over in an aircraft or spacecraft
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