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drone

[drohn] / droʊn /




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A shark drone photographer captured extraordinary footage of a great white circling a swimmer off the coast of Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

"We have sent a lot of relief material and right now our team is loading some materials for the hospital in the area," drone operator Avaya Pokharel told AFP in Nuwakot.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

What if the Leipzig drone had brought down a plane?

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Drones can be most easily found in bagpipes music, Indian Classical3l music and other musics that use instruments that traditionally play drone notes.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

But the sum that Zhelezniak predicts would be enough to pay for 30,000 drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

On average, the proximity of drones has forced the temporary closures of 32 airports in Russia each day in August, including around Moscow and St. Petersburg.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

In many instances it has employed jet-powered drones which are faster and harder to intercept.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The United Nations has warned that the "magnitude of the destruction" makes delivering aid an immense challenge, with cargo drones and porters being considered to reach isolated communities.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

He looked to the sky as if waiting for a squadron of drones to swoop into action.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

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

Wearing it in class when the teacher droned on about fractions and percents.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

“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

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

"It is a very low humming, droning, pulsating noise. It's incredibly intrusive and distressing," she said.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2025

Any images of graphic violence are forgone for droning, surrealist soundscapes that communicate the fear felt inside the boundaries of Nickel Academy just as effectively.

From Salon Dec. 13, 2024

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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