wheel overhead
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to fly in wide circles in the sky above
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- A lone hawk began to wheel overhead, its eyes fixed on the field below.
- The vultures wheeled overhead in slow, graceful circles in the desert heat.
- We looked up to see a flock of gulls wheel overhead as the fishing boat arrived.
- The eagles wheeled overhead, riding the thermal currents of the deep canyon.
- It was mesmerizing to watch the starlings wheel overhead in a complex formation.
- The reconnaissance plane would wheel overhead for hours at a time during the mission.
- Large black crows often wheel overhead whenever a summer storm is approaching.
- As the sun set, bats began to wheel overhead in their nightly search for insects.
- The rescue helicopter wheeled overhead, searching the dense forest for any sign of survivors.
- Several kites were seen to wheel overhead during the vibrant windy afternoon at the park.