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Recent Examples of midair
Across the way, skateboarders do their thing on the Neighbors Skate Shop ramp, flipping and flexing, making sculptures out of their bodies in midair, while others double-dutch or Hula-Hoop in exacting harmony.
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Keys caught Berto in midair and hit a fallaway slam followed by a running powerslam.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia flight instructor John Aytch had just wrapped up a lesson on midair crises when suddenly, one of those exact scenarios happened and required a sudden emergency landing.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Keys caught Berto in midair and hit a fallaway slam followed by a running powerslam.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia flight instructor John Aytch had just wrapped up a lesson on midair crises when suddenly, one of those exact scenarios happened and required a sudden emergency landing.
—Dan Snyder, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midair
Noun
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Residents fled as ash fell and smoke darkened the sky, many leaving with little notice as flames approached homes and neighborhoods.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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With a heaping helping of Western style (and an even bigger patio) Far Out creates an inviting, casual-cool environment that encourages another round of stories (and cocktails) under the Texas sky.—
Nathanael Gassett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Emerging-market equities rose to a record high, buoyed by optimism over the artificial intelligence trade and a report that Iran offered a new proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.—
Marcus Wong,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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His 60 points were a career high, and that’s in addition to being perhaps the league’s best defensive defenseman.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midair. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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