drone
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Bild daily reported that the drone found on the tarmac of the eastern German airport carried explosives and a detonator -- but police did not confirm this report to AFP, saying the investigation was ongoing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Silden’s goggles gave him a bird’s-eye view of the terrain as he piloted the drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
There have been a series of unauthorised drone flights in Germany in recent months over sensitive sites including military bases, airports, energy terminals, seaports and logistics companies.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Lawmakers are now considering rival proposals for drone investment worth billions of dollars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Indian classical music is usually accompanied by a tanpura, which plays a drone background.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Germany and other European countries have repeatedly observed drones flying over sensitive sites such as airports, military bases and industrial plants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Neros says it is currently making 1,400 Archers a week and aims to produce one million drones annually out of its facility in Torrance, Calif., by 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Marines plan to use these small, one-way-attack drones in the field—and how they can be an important tool for front-line units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Taiwan’s newly established Littoral Operations Command will make its Han Kuang debut this year, demonstrating its mission to prevent Chinese forces from reaching Taiwan’s coast using assets such as antiship missiles, sea mines and drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The only males were the drones who sat around waiting to mate with the queen.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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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
That light droned down on me for years as I moved from computer games to MySpace, illuminating whatever sins I was committing as a guinea pig in the days of early social media.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
That excitement was not evident inside the grand ballroom at the JW Marriott in Houston Sunday, as Harbaugh droned on about nature documentaries he shows his team on the day of a game.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 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
The embers glowed red and the draft droned upward.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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“At any given point, the pike was a symphony of spinning wheels, creaking cabs, clopping hooves, and droning livestock,” Mr. Crytzer writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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
"It is a very low humming, droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive and distressing," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
Only forest below now, forest and lakes and the plane droning.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
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