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airplane

[air-pleyn] / ˈɛərˌpleɪn /
NOUN
vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
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Boingo Wireless, which made me scream in airplane seat 34F many times.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

That is 100,000 times faster than a commercial airplane, or more than eight percent of the speed of light, making it the fastest star ever detected in our galaxy.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Lean your chest forward while extending the other leg behind you like an airplane.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

That you don’t want to be accepting fancy pens or, like, gorgeous gold earrings or an airplane, which wasn’t invented yet.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

A pilot, that’s what the TV show was called, like it was going to fly an airplane or something.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

He could also recite statistics on the percentage of Iran’s missiles, ships, airplanes, etc., we’ve destroyed in the six-month war.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Boeing in July unveiled a new MAX production line in Everett, Washington that is expected to enable the MAX program to meet 52 airplanes per month.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

The gap in the market is a consequence of designing airplanes around a cylindrical cabin and having to choose between a bigger- or a smaller-diameter tube, O’Leary said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Apparently these women performed mathematical calculations for the engineers at the Lab, who were trying to build state-of-the-art airplanes to keep our nation safe.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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