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aerial

[air-ee-uhl, ay-eer-ee-uhl, air-ee-uhl] / ˈɛər i əl, eɪˈɪər i əl, ˈɛər i əl /


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Hacked cameras are taking over roles in targeting, damage assessments and other combat intelligence-gathering that were previously supplied by aerial reconnaissance or on-the-ground spies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Purdue University said the object had since been confirmed to have been visible in aerial photography of the area dating back to 1938.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

A BAS team sailed for 15 days to reach the island and study its avian inhabitants, using drones, aerial photography and fitting tracking devices to 20 birds.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

There will be fortune tellers, dancing and aerial artistry and acrobatics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’s probably here to notify us that our windows are too bulletproof, or that our garage door is too titanium, or that our rooftop aerial drone helipad is too awesome.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

LA local news stations regularly break into live programming to broadcast high-speed police pursuits from the air, fly over wildfires and show accidents, protests, and holiday traffic jams in often unscripted, real-time aerials.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Show your children aerials of courses from all over the world, and talk about how different courses can look along the Pacific coast, the Lowcountry of South Carolina or in the Scottish Highlands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Heavy snow in Livigno on Tuesday morning forced a number of postponements, including the women's snowboard slopestyle final and the men's and women's aerials qualifiers in freestyle skiing.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

How amazing we can be up close and then have soaring aerials using the drone and effectively use a snap cut.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2025

You could see lots of aerials and satellite dishes, and sometimes, right over in the distance, a glistening line that was the sea.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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