noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fly
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Braham flew 316 operational sorties and was hit eleven times in forty-one attacks on his aircraft.
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By the end of January the allies claimed to have flown over 30,000 sorties .
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During the flying , Bob's wife, Marie, flew on one sortie as observer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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George makes frequent sorties on his private jet.
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The enemy generally flew very few sorties at night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Admiral Nagumo received word of his new assignment as he headed back from the futile sortie toward the Marshalls.
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Not on that day or on any other day did he attempt such a sortie with me.
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Now everything was ready for the big sortie .
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Only 24 aircraft were lost during these sorties.
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The sortie with Black's bishop has cost him time and he has no tangible pressure on d4.
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The Fortress, N620L, suffered a gear extension malfunction during an airborne sortie and could not extend its right main wheel.
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The reporters kept sending out the arithmetic of the Goddamned Middle East: sorties flown, bombs dropped, planes lost.
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This same night saw three Swordfish of 830 Squadron out continuing a series of mine-laying sorties to Tripoli harbour.