Fall
Glide
Glide verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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At one point, you use a chicken to slow your fall as you glide down to the ground far below.
Source: Die, Chair! Die! -
Because the Ketrans can't really fly, they glide, once they fall below the continents, they're dead.
Source: Floating Continent - Done by Elisa in Gargoyles when Broadway turns to stone in mid-glide, and Elisa shoots down a crate full of carpets hanging from a crane in order to cushion Broadway's fall.
Source: Shoot the Rope
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