sound barrier
Example Sentences
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To mimic the conditions of a rocket ascent, they launched the missile and, after it broke the sound barrier, triggered the abort system.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
But its treatment in general showed "there are still areas where the #MeToo movement has not yet breached the sound barrier, chiefly in men's football," she added.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
The test flight of a plane called XB-1, developed by the company Boom Supersonic, became the first civilian jet to break the sound barrier since the Concorde.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Heart-stopping sonic booms interrupt the hum of traffic in Beirut, as Israeli warplanes break the sound barrier in the skies above.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024
His eyes got misty as he described what it was like to break the sound barrier.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
