drone
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Since last week, Ukrainian forces delivered roughly 10 tons of food and other supplies by drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Iran war adds to stresses, raising freight costs and hitting aluminum supplies due to drone attacks in the Middle East.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
She passed below a drone tangled in a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
A drone attack damaged a Russian Yandex data centre east of the capital and disrupted operations at the facility, the technology giant said Sunday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
The only sound in the empty school was the slap of his tennis shoes against the checkered floor and the drone of the janitor’s vacuum coming from the teachers’ lounge.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Jet drones have a range of nearly 600 miles and carry a maximum payload of almost 200 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Other drones zipped overhead, flying in every direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Behind the rugged peaks, drones lost their signal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Each one found by the drones is reported to the land manager.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“I know most gunters cling to the absurd notion that IOI is evil. And that the Sixers are ruthless corporate drones with no honor and no respect for the ‘true spirit’ of the contest.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
At one event, in which Oz was interviewed by Dean Cain, an actor who played Superman in a 1990s television show, about 50 people listened in as Oz droned on about an anti-fraud task force.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Maher droned, becoming what feels like the 587th famous performer to mourn their inability to see Louis C.K. smirk at them on a network show.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
Canned music droned from the telephone as Jessica Sanchez waited, fidgeting and shifting her pregnant belly in her chair at the Santa Monica community health center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
One day after it got too bizarre, the actors said nothing funny and court proceedings droned on to keep Gladden off their scent.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
The machine droned, and I knew definitely that they were discussing me and steeled myself for the shocks, but was blasted nevertheless.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
The mostly instrumental “Panorama” swirls banjo, mandolin, strings and horns with droning electronics, landing on a kind of spaced-out Americana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Too many, I’d say, but slapping droning voiceovers atop expository visuals isn’t for me.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
An audio reader daren’t go flat, for fear of droning on and boring the listener, but as this audiobook shows, excessive buoyancy also carries a risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
She came to know the other immigrant women housed in a large room lined with 54 beds and a television droning most waking hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
The day was warm at noonday, not lazy and droning like July but mellow with late August.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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