Word: flew
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Talraas, a new gunner in the Army's 82nd Airborne, had fired his first shot in combat a day earlier. After what felt like endless weeks waiting in a secure area at the Kuwait City International Airport, Talraas's company flew into Iraq on an HC-130 and landed at the newly captured airbase near Nasiriyah, before heading northwest on the road to Baghdad...
...diplomatic standoff on Iraq continued, France became the new foe in this conflict. Whether it was Congress or President George W. Bush himself, name-calling, mockery and general disrespect flew from Washington. Every media outlet picked up the news that the House of Representatives had decided to change the prefix ‘French’ to ‘Freedom’ in both its fries and its toast. Despite the amusing nature of the replacement (mocking the French always elicits a giggle), this change symbolized a more worrisome trend. More recently, Republican Jim Saxton of New Jersey proposed...
...much fun I forgot the reason why the America’s Junior Miss council flew us down there—two nights of preliminary competition and a final night broadcast on national TV (the PAX network...
...Quarterback and Ms. Inside Edition didn’t announce Maryland as one of the eight finalists, and I didn’t even make it to the sweet 16. But I flew home with a lot of really great memories and a $2,500 Preliminary Scholastics Award. Coupled with my state award winner scholarship, Junior Miss paid for about four Ec10 lectures this year...
Harvard’s best chance to score came in the second inning, when junior first baseman Trey Hendricks drew a leadoff walk and sophomore DH Schuyler Mann singled to right-center to put two men on with none out. The Crimson squandered the opportunity when Klimkiewicz flew out to left, and freshmen Lance Salsgiver and Chris Mackey grounded...