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drone

[drohn] / droʊn /




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The LFB said it sent fire engines from Homerton, Leyton and Leytonstone fire stations to the scene along with specialist fire rescue units from Edmonton and Bethnal Green fire stations, and the brigade's drone team.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The exercise -- enlisting 18,000 South Korean troops and counterparts from US forces in the country -- will have a heightened focus on drone warfare, GPS disruption and the role of cyber attacks, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, the Romanian defence ministry said a Spanish fighter jet shot down a drone that had breached its airspace near the border with Ukraine and Moldova.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

He wanted her to turn the weapons he was testing, including a long-range drone, into mass-produced items.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Petey held a bag open, whistled, and his drone tools hovered from their racked positions into the sack.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Across months of sustained combat operations, the Lincoln team shot down more than 200 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drones threatening international shipping and U.S. forces.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The drones, built by two separate British companies, have been used in mainland Russia in widespread and successful targeting of military and industrial targets, including refineries and warehouses of online retailer Wildberries.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Much of his life now is spent at the screen, tracking hundreds of drones on only a few hours sleep.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

More than 18,000 South Korean troops were expected to participate in the exercise along with U.S. forces in operations that would focus on fighting drones and cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The drones are nearly overhead, their whir deafening.

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

“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

As the land war droned on, the power of the submarine was being starkly demonstrated on the high seas.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

Her grandfather droned on and on about the plagues and the exodus from Egypt.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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

“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

From BBC Apr. 28, 2025

My mom still droning on, I lean over and say, “That was weird, right?”

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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