Lincoln once said that when people leave this Earth, they spread their wings of miracles in a blaze of light and disappear.

NPR: Remembering Jazz Singer And Activist Abbey Lincoln

These changes may not bring Goldman back to earth but they will clip its wings.

ECONOMIST: American finance

With golden wings, she carried news from the Heavens to the Earth via rainbow.

WSJ: Purple Reign: Iris Fragrances

Over the past month, the periodical cicadas of Brood XIII, native to the area, have crawled up roots, through the earth's surface and onto tree trunks everywhere, to moult and spread wings.

ECONOMIST: Cicadas in Illinois