It is last seen by its rueful owner, who omitted to use a wrist strap, describing a perfect parabola on its way to the depths.

Then Hunt hit his six iron a looping long, perfect parabola directly at the pin.

For a perilous moment, they held the balance, the arc of a perfect parabola suspended between the shattered white ground and the roiling sky.

Something sailed out of the air above him and flew overhead in a perfect parabola, with a grace and speed that eclipsed any gymnast or circus performer alive.

It sailed into the air-no, just upward-for a few feet, before settling back, following perfect parabolas.

I heard something snap, but all I saw was the torturer sailing over the table in a perfect parabola.

He flicked his wrist sharply and the ivory ball rose in a perfect parabola, to descend into its cup with an inevitable plop.

Blood and brain and bone arced through the sunlight in a perfect parabola.

Which very likely meant the dome, right down to the floor, was a nearly perfect parabola.

"The dome has a precisely defined focus and directrix, which means it's a perfect parabola."