airborne
Example Sentences
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After a prolonged wait to charge a drained battery, the aircraft took another 10 minutes to get airborne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
When heat and sunlight react with airborne emissions from wildfires, vehicles and industry, they create ground-level ozone pollution, which can damage lung tissue, cause breathing problems, trigger asthma attacks and lead to other health issues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
This presentation investigates the impact of scented cleaning product use on airborne nanoparticle nucleation, growth, and human exposure to secondary pollutants in indoor environments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Car radios were still uncommon, but one afternoon, the airborne commander spent 20 minutes chewing out a Sunday driver he saw weaving and dodging through a traffic jam in Queens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Within moments a school of mullet erupted, sleek bars of silver shooting airborne again and again.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
