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drone

[drohn] / droʊn /




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Asked whether the Ukrainian planes might have been targeted, a spokeswoman in Kyiv told the BBC: "We are not making any such assumptions…We don't know what this drone was or why it was there."

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

"You can afford to lose a drone, but not a person. The probability of human losses there is reduced," he told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Plus: Explosive drone at German airport marks new threat for Europe, and Meta AI hacks add to concerns over rogue bots.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

"Inside were drone components: small plastic propellers, I think four pieces," Vladyslav told investigators.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

A drone, then a scream, and then a second bike appeared in front of him, roaring toward him, cutting a swath through the grass.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Meanwhile in rural areas such as North Gyeongsang province, local authorities are deploying drones attached with loudspeakers and thermal imaging cameras to protect its farmers, many of whom are also elderly.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

That kind of mantra -- using drones to save lives -- was precisely what Fedorov had been pushing at the defence ministry.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Ukrainian drones continue to rain down on Russian energy assets, too.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

He was instructed to leave the drones and other items inside.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

“It is just the Collective. But what kind of drones are those?” she asks.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

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 insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated and droned as the air grew warmer in the sunset.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Whatever engine droning and snoozing you might remember from earlier CVT systems has been banished to the Phantom Zone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Dillon also mocked his critics during the episode, impersonating them in a droning voice: “They don’t believe in anything, these people.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2025

If you think legislative sausage-making is tedious now, imagine this: a bunch of blowhards on the Senate floor, droning on and on, endlessly debating the chamber’s rules.

From Salon Jun. 27, 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

I was trying to rewrap my hands so I could go back to work when I heard a low droning sound.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls




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