as in escapes
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt
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Recent Examples of flights
Today guests come not from Rome as the Cité’s founders did, but from across France, northern Spain (the border is just two hours away), England (there are direct Ryanair flights to Carcassonne’s small airport), as well as the US.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The soldiers trained on both the Bumblebee V1, a small, first-person-view drone that has seen thousands of combat flights in Ukraine, and the newer Bumblebee V2, which has automatic target recognition specifically meant to counter other drones and which has not been deployed yet.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Around 900 flights each day are affected by GPS interference, according to Benoit Figuet, a research associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and founder of SkAI Data Services, which since 2024 has tracked such incidents on its site GPSWise.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of 2021, the number of private flights worldwide was 20 percent higher than two years earlier.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
When travel budgets are already stretched by flights, hotels and match tickets, that matters.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Having robots working directly alongside humans will also introduce new safety considerations for airports like Haneda Airport, which is Japan’s second-largest airport, with flights arriving approximately every two minutes.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
If that’s the case, cut back on flights.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
In addition to Asia, flights are already being canceled around Europe.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The soldiers trained on both the Bumblebee V1, a small, first-person-view drone that has seen thousands of combat flights in Ukraine, and the newer Bumblebee V2, which has automatic target recognition specifically meant to counter other drones and which has not been deployed yet.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Around 900 flights each day are affected by GPS interference, according to Benoit Figuet, a research associate at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and founder of SkAI Data Services, which since 2024 has tracked such incidents on its site GPSWise.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
By the end of 2021, the number of private flights worldwide was 20 percent higher than two years earlier.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
When travel budgets are already stretched by flights, hotels and match tickets, that matters.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Having robots working directly alongside humans will also introduce new safety considerations for airports like Haneda Airport, which is Japan’s second-largest airport, with flights arriving approximately every two minutes.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
If that’s the case, cut back on flights.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
In addition to Asia, flights are already being canceled around Europe.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flights
escapes
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Over 29 years, according to the Bureau of Prisons, 36 men attempted 14 separate escapes.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Choose between coastal escapes like Florida's Key West or mountain retreats like Bryson City, North Carolina, to soak up scenic Southern landscapes.—
Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Flights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flights. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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