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"glide by" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something or someone passing by or moving smoothly and effortlessly. Here is an example sentence: "The clouds seemed to glide by in the sky, casting soft shadows on the lush green fields below."
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Herons glide by, scanning the water's surface.
At Turtle Patch, sea turtles glide by within arm's reach.
Maintenance vehicles powered by electricity glide by almost silently.
— as you watch this watery procession glide by.
Fireboats, tankers and yachts the size of tenements glide by.
Most of us just kind of glide by setbacks and avoid dwelling on negative events.
These are the popular girls at middle school, Allison and Christie say, watching them glide by.
The names of contestants glide by, in neon, formatted as Wall Street tickers.
Yet now, tour buses glide by the school, filled with the ghoulishly curious.
In another, people waving flippered feet in the air glide by on furniture dollies.
Then to the lounge car to watch the mangroves glide by through windows that curved overhead.
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