Cruise
Cruise verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.
Usage example: she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease
Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Usage example: the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The BBC's Foreign Affairs Chief John Simpson reported seeing a cruise missile in Baghdad fly "down the street and turn left at the traffic lights."
Source: Roboteching -
They can fly through hostile bases and jungles, and can cruise into alien lairs without trouble to pick up the heroes after a job well done.
Source: Video Game / Contra - Modern cruise missiles will usually fly slower than other types of missiles (subsonic), cruise to the target at low altitude for hundreds of miles, and then impact with "pick a window" accuracy on a target.
Source: Useful Notes / Naval Weapons
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