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- noun Plural form of
hang-glider .
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Examples
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Early peoples such as the Vikings constructed ships that could cross oceans; why did they never attempt any form of aviation, such as sail-planes or hang-gliders?
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I think my hang-gliders had a placard stating that they could be hazardous along with their tested G-loading, negative and positive.
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The winds are so strong at Torrey Pines that hang-gliders use the air currents to fly along the coast.
HAVE YOU SEEN MY COUNTRY LATELY? JERRY DOYLE 2010
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As is typical in storms, a few daredevils kite-boarders and hang-gliders were out testing nature in the Outer Banks.
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I have gotten a couple excellent papers, though: one on black English; one on dive bar sociolects; one of the sociolect of hang-gliders; one examining the use of color in Howl's Moving Castle.
Archive 2008-12-01 delagar 2008
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I have gotten a couple excellent papers, though: one on black English; one on dive bar sociolects; one of the sociolect of hang-gliders; one examining the use of color in Howl's Moving Castle.
More Updating delagar 2008
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The church ceremony part was at the monastery in Sopot - I remember sitting and listening to the quiet and the birds songs and watching the paraplaniristi hang-gliders in the time before we went into the church for the ceremony.
Archive 2006-06-01 Eric Wiley 2006
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The church ceremony part was at the monastery in Sopot - I remember sitting and listening to the quiet and the birds songs and watching the paraplaniristi hang-gliders in the time before we went into the church for the ceremony.
These past 6 weeks Eric Wiley 2006
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On this day, the dry lakes and irrigated farms were fabulous and the sky was sprinkled with colorful hang-gliders.
Traveling to Tapalpa 2003
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On this day, the dry lakes and irrigated farms were fabulous and the sky was sprinkled with colorful hang-gliders.
Traveling to Tapalpa 2003
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