Flyaway

Definitions

1. A stray hair that is difficult to style.
2. Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain.
3. A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists.
4. A portable satellite television antenna.
5. A situation where an operator loses control of a drone.

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Examples

“Consequently, there is a swell of hair care regimens, including serums, gels, balms, creams and sprays promising moisture-rich curls, without frizz or flyaways.”

“But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch⟳ as light⟳.”

“Unless the TV crew has its own⟳ flyaway, the locals can still defeat⟳ a story they couldn't prevent⟳ reporters from covering by cutting it off at the pass⟳, when it is being birded through their facilities.”

“"But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want⟳ drones near their house, it can cause drones to get⟳ completely lost and shoot⟳ off in a random direction until they run⟳ out of battery.”

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