drone
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"Every Russian drone can actually be stopped right at the production line. What is needed is the political will of these countries," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Pakistan already has 8,000 troops in Saudi Arabia, along with 16 Chinese-made JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, combat drone squadrons and a surface-to-air missile battery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A source linked to the opposition fighters told the Reuters news agency they were behind what they said were drone strikes.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Launching a drone is far less cumbersome than firing a missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mini started to drone on again about the aisle’s offerings.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
He also said Ukraine was testing five of its own interceptors against drones.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Kyiv also dismissed reports that its F-16 fighter jets -- another key tool used against jet-powered drones -- could be grounded due to delays in maintenance inspection and the supply of parts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The "Achilles Shield" agreement provides Athens with Israeli technology aimed at protecting Greece against a range of threats, including drones, aircraft and missiles.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Also welcome is a push to institutionalize drones and other unmanned tech into U.S. military planning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Mr. Stetman drones something and Rachelle flutters her eyelids.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
Then as he droned on like a dentist drill hitting bone, he began to sound like a South Carolina auctioneer at a county fair.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 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
Footage posted by Sam Yebri, a former City Council candidate, showed smoke billowing in the street as people yelled and a siren droned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
High-flying bombers droned above, a steady two-way stream moving into and returning from their target.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
“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
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
But by the time the dialogue-free, centerpiece underwater sequence brims with Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey’s droning score, popcorn shuffling stopped.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
She had fallen asleep in history class two times that week, which, to be fair, probably had more to do with her history teacher’s nasal, droning voice than with her exhaustion.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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