Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Pace
Pace verb - To move along with a steady regular step especially in a group.
Common collocations
| fighter | fly fighter | pace fighter |
Both words in one sentence
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The main character of Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei speaks at such a rapid pace that the subs fly across the screen and reading them can be a little challenging.
Source: Motor Mouth -
Chekhov's Skill: Hiccup has created a gliding suit so he can fly alongside Toothless, though Toothless hasn't mastered keeping pace with and then catching Hiccup, resulting in crash-landings.
- This was due to the series being cancelled part-way through Series 2, so the showrunners had to fly through history at an accelerated pace to get to where they'd wanted to finish the series.
Source: Dashed Plot Line
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