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aeroplane

[air-uh-pleyn] / ˈɛər əˌpleɪn /


NOUN
flying machine
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"It pains us when we hear an aeroplane flying overhead," Patni said, adding that their home was near the flight path of the airport in Ahmedabad, the main city in the state of Gujarat.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

He says: "I thought about it, I spoke to the wife and said do you mind if I go and play on an aeroplane? That was four years ago."

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

A 70-year-old man has died after a light aeroplane crash-landed at an airfield near Sherburn in Elmet.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

New Delhi city authorities, working with the government's Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city's northern Burari area.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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