drone
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Tehran retains significant missile and drone stockpiles despite damage to its military capabilities, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said Wednesday that air defenses intercepted a drone targeting a facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The talks between the two leaders came after Germany accused Russia of launching a drone fitted with explosives at Leipzig/Halle Airport in September.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The energy ministry has also not said who had launched the drone aimed at the Shaybah oil field near the border with the United Arab Emirates that left two people injured.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Feathers walks toward the shuttle, and a drone approaches her.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Other arrests this year included a Romanian woman and a Ukrainian man accused of spying on an individual supplying drones from Germany to Ukraine, according to the prosecutor's office.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dr Asow also describes how drones tracked the movement of patients.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
For the past week, drones have had to fly more slowly, the commander said—and as a result, the Russians are shooting them down more often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Earlier on Wednesday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen reported intercepting six drones.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
“There’s no camera in here, but keep your voice down anyway. Sorry to be mysterious, but the bedrooms are the only places the drones and cameras can’t get to.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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
“Now bring it up to your heartspace, connecting to your heart,” she continued, as ambient music droned in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Yet, Carlson’s listless approach to the Russian dictator, who droned on endlessly, proved a wasted opportunity.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
As the land war droned on, the power of the submarine was being starkly demonstrated on the high seas.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
They ran as the voice of Pasiphaë droned on.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
The little wagon retains the flat-four’s characteristic droning when it revs out, as when merging with highway traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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
High Chancellor Thomas wound down after droning on for almost an hour.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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