slipstream

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On the same day world figure skating champion Jeff Buttle dropped his retirement bombshell, others in his slipstream were making their way to Vancouver and a training camp at the Pacific Coliseum buoyed, you would think, by his sudden announcement on Wednesday.

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  1. noun The turbulent flow of air driven backward by the propeller or propellers of an aircraft. Also called race2.
  2. noun The area of reduced pressure or forward suction produced by and immediately behind a fast-moving object as it moves through air or water.
  3. intransitive verb To drive or cycle in the slipstream of a vehicle ahead.

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  • A few of the smaller Scottish islands had been stripped away and had, alarmingly, sunk; but the only real damage was on the east (now south) coast, where the slipstream was washing away house-sized chunks of the soft Norfolk banks. —  Omni: July 1993
  • His dark toga suit flapped about in the slipstream, for once ruining the eerie gliding effect he always portrayed. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • They were so low that their slipstream was leaving a wake on the sea The cockpit cover was closed, of course. —  138 - The Shape of Terror
  • Raindrops beaded up along the windows and rolled swiftly away as the slipstream caught them up. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999
  • He had difficulty getting it open against the force of the propeller slipstream, but finally succeeded and lunged through. —  027 - The Secret In The Sky
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