antenna
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The team encountered technical difficulties and scheduling constraints that prevented it from finishing the entire antenna.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Even without a completed antenna, the team believes it has collected enough evidence to establish that the approach is technically feasible.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Most recently, in March, her BMW was stolen from outside her home using an antenna to amplify the signal from the key fob inside her house.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A laser-generated plasma antenna could potentially accomplish similar adjustments by steering the laser beam itself, reducing the need for moving parts.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
The local “ground crew” set up our radio by attaching it to the poor Rosalie’s battery and sticking the antenna up a tree that conveniently hid the car from the air, as well.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
A pair of black antennae lie in front of her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It is no bigger than a fingertip, but has comically large antennae - which Hughes likens to "big floppy ears".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
If Mengucci’s plain talk can’t be received by investors’ antennae or Bluetooth, they’d better check their connectivity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Then the beetle seeks out an ant — climbing on top of it, clasping its antennae in its jaws and scooping up its pheromones with brush-like legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
But standing on it, Tally could see air vents, antennae, maintenance hatchways, and of course the big circular door that the hovercars had come through, now closed.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Similar structures could also support powerful radio antennas, allowing scientists and engineers to build communications systems much larger than those that can currently be launched.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Eleven months later, several television antennas in the region were burned, cutting communications to a million French people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Conventional antennas may require mechanical devices to change their orientation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
On a balmy August day, six Lima antennas shaped like megaphones pointed skyward from poles on the edge of a field in a rural part of Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It had two high-tech-looking antennas on top—one on the back that looked like a corkscrew, and one in the middle that swiveled.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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