Flies
Flies noun - Theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains.
Passes
Both words in one sentence
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The Cloak of Levitation flies up as if in interest when Strange passes it by while exploring the New York sanctuary.
Source: Film / Doctor Strange - In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Poison Belt, people start dropping like flies as the Earth passes through the poison belt.
Source: Faux Death -
When remorseful Nazi spy Rudolph Wegener passes on nuclear technology to his Japanese contacts to preserve peace, Heydrich flies to New York City to retrieve Wegener.
Source: Monster / Live-Action TV
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