airplane
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“We put a much more disciplined approach in eliminating or reducing traveled work, not moving the airplane if it adds any kind of a safety or quality risk,” Ortberg said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Bremner followed the first round of Saturday’s draft from an airplane, watching on the seat-back screen in front of him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Ohio has offered a piece of fabric from the wings of the airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the pioneers who made aviation history in 1903 with the first powered, sustained flight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I think we were getting off the airplane in France and the president said, ‘I want him to do what’s best.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
The airplane comes clattering and roaring through the sky, and whatever might be lurking secretly up there in the great cloud-mountains goes running for cover at its approach.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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Two fixed-wing airplanes arrived on scene rapidly and dropped flame retardant around the perimeter of the blaze, while three helicopters dropped water from above, according to Ventura County Fire spokesperson Andrew Dowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Our focus is on delivering two exceptional Air Force One airplanes for the country."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Throughout history, innovations including gunpowder, chemical weapons and airplanes have repeatedly rewritten rules of combat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
People celebrated on roofs, on fire escapes, at watch parties in parks and bars, at Radio City Music Hall, atop buses, on the balconies of Times Square hotels, on airplanes and in subway cars.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
And because she knows airplanes can be lonely places and because she knows how desperate loneliness can be, she pays extra attention to her passengers.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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