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Recent Examples of paragliding
And for a hint of adventure, opportunities for scuba diving, paragliding, hiking, and sailing provide the ideal dose of adrenaline.
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Yes, that is Canet playing the paragliding avenger, Franck, who’s trying to free his abducted pregnant wife, Léo (Stéphane Caillard), from a blackmailing thug.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
From paragliding in Turkey to watching the Olympics opening ceremony, these are the activities that stuck with us.
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
And where better to do it than Ölüdeniz, Turkey, one of the top places for paragliding?
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Yes, that is Canet playing the paragliding avenger, Franck, who’s trying to free his abducted pregnant wife, Léo (Stéphane Caillard), from a blackmailing thug.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
From paragliding in Turkey to watching the Olympics opening ceremony, these are the activities that stuck with us.
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
And where better to do it than Ölüdeniz, Turkey, one of the top places for paragliding?
—Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paragliding
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The company also said skydiving rigs have a computer called an Automatic Activation Device (AAD), which deploys the reserve parachute if the skydiver doesn’t deploy it manually.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Authorities in Arizona are working with the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate deadly skydiving incidents after three people in two months faced issues while descending into the air.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The rising cost of college and ballooning student loan balances have played a large role in changing views about the higher education system, with students increasingly questioning whether a four-year degree is worth it.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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That’s a very reasonable scenario—and one scientists already expect to play out in our own solar system some five billion years from now, with our sun ballooning up and absorbing at least the innermost planets.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
11 Apr. 2025
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This sent prices in neighboring Bangladesh soaring, and authorities are scrambling to find new sources for the vegetable. Elsewhere, a drought in Spain took its toll on olive oil production.—
Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, and Joeal Calupitan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Sep. 2023
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The orange leather piece featured a soaring, nearly hip-grazing leg slit that culminated with a gold buckle at the top.—
Chelsey Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
26 Sep. 2022
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“Paragliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paragliding. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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