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[air] / ɛər /








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“Had this air of superiority. You could feel him looking down on you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When China opened its first overseas air force base this week, a joint facility in isolated Laos, it was sending a signal -- its foreign military foothold is set to grow, analysts said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

And to create this air of discomfort, Fennell crafted a movie that darts from hopeful to despairingly bleak in the blink of an eye.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

On top of that, air regulations have been repeatedly tightened following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S. and the Germanwings Flight 9525 intentional crash in the French Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The smoke from the burger place blurs the leaves above me until a breeze rustles through, clearing the air and exposing a huge black sign with neon-green.and-yellow lettering over the trees.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

A full-length YouTube special premiered on Thursday, which has already been viewed more than two million times, and it will be on Netflix from 30 September before a full series airs in 2027.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

All episodes debut on Hulu the same day; FXX airs two a week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

It now airs six days a week, with 13-minute episodes following the lives of those living in the fictional farming village of Ambridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

When she isn’t filming the daily soap opera, which airs on Peacock, Hall enjoys raising monarch butterflies, exploring the shops and restaurants on Montana, and hosting movie nights at home with her two sons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

When forced to rub elbows with us boys, he put on superior airs.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Friday's front page also includes a nod to the much-anticipated second series of The Celebrity Traitors, which aired its first episode on Thursday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

More than two decades after these aired, we’ve swerved between an age of unattainable thinness being pushed as a cultural ideal and a time of healthy-at-any-size body positivity from which we’re slowly regressing.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

By Sunday evening, the Wall Street Journal estimated that the ads had aired nearly 90 times across national TV networks and cost about $337,000.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The need for an investigation became apparent over the summer as the agency heard concerns, some of them aired publicly, from AI researchers who say the technology could wipe out humanity, the official said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

My avatar was still one of the High Five, so my vidfeed drew millions of viewers every day, regardless of what I aired, and this allowed me to sell commercial time to my various sponsors.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

One of those voters is Lynn Davenport, 55, who described herself as a “staunch conservative” in a new campaign ad for Hinojosa that began airing over the weekend across the state.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Oscars have already committed to moving the telecast to YouTube in 2029 after decades of airing on ABC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Now the curtain is falling, with the final instalment - 70 Up - airing on ITV this Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

CBS denied they stopped “The Late Show” from airing the interview, which was instead posted on the show’s YouTube page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

She was allowed to sleep later than I was in the morning, was given more food to eat, and had fewer tasks than I did, always the easier ones like airing the quilts and pillows.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan




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