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- noun Alternative spelling of
hang gliding .
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Examples
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As a Manhattan Beach resident for nearly 11 years, I've driven past the hang-gliding school on Dockweiler Beach thousands of times.
Jamie Reidy: Living Stupid Jamie Reidy 2011
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As a Manhattan Beach resident for nearly 11 years, I've driven past the hang-gliding school on Dockweiler Beach thousands of times.
Jamie Reidy: Living Stupid Jamie Reidy 2011
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"One day you're bungee jumping, the next day you're hang-gliding," she said.
Shaping Up at the Pop-Up Gabrielle Birkner 2011
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But actually what you find in reality is sometimes quite hideous: I was in Nepal hang-gliding and strapped to someone operating it.
Kiša Lala: Mythographers: Recalling The Future, Foretelling The Past Kiša Lala 2011
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During the workday, some will get outside for snowboarding, biking or hang-gliding in the Wasatch mountain range.
Daredevil's Delight 2011
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In this instance, the truly brave thing for him to have done would have been to drop the whole military idea and take up abseiling or hang-gliding – indeed, any pursuit that only puts his own neck at risk.
Farewell and good riddance to Little Britain | Barbara Ellen 2011
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In his 50s, Mr. Grannis took up hang-gliding but, after a bad leg fracture, turned to windsurfing.
LeRoy Grannis, early surfing photographer, dies at 93 Valerie J. Nelson 2011
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The NRA states that accidental firearm deaths represent 0.5% of all accidental deaths (drowning, car, hang-gliding, you name it.) interesting but not comparable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “He Grabbed a Rifle, Held It Up, and Looked Right at Me.” 2010
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In this instance, the truly brave thing for him to have done would have been to drop the whole military idea and take up abseiling or hang-gliding – indeed, any pursuit that only puts his own neck at risk.
Farewell and good riddance to Little Britain | Barbara Ellen 2011
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But actually what you find in reality is sometimes quite hideous: I was in Nepal hang-gliding and strapped to someone operating it.
Kiša Lala: Mythographers: Recalling The Future, Foretelling The Past Kiša Lala 2011
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