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Recent Examples of hang gliding Fans of the classic Soarin’ Over California will get another chance to go hang gliding over Napa Valley, Monterey Bay and Redwood Creek with the opening day version of the flight simulator ride running during the food fest. —
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Mar. 2026
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This week, the moon will be visible gliding silently through the daytime sky from today (April 22), up until the next full moon phase on May 1.— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Perfect for children’s bedrooms and play spaces, these favorably reviewed linen-blend curtains feature grommets for effortless gliding and breezy stripes in 27 colors that are equally kid- and grownup-friendly.— Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
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Within a few years, two partners started another express delivery company — Wells Fargo — to push farther west as the Gold Rush sent California's population soaring.— Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been at a near-standstill for weeks amid the Iran war, sending prices of oil and other key goods soaring.— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
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Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
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Right-wing pundits and politicos recently attacked the gargantuan wildlife crossing being constructed over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills over ballooning costs and delays.— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Hang gliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/hang%20gliding. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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