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aeroplane

[air-uh-pleyn] / ˈɛər əˌpleɪn /


NOUN
flying machine
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"In this context, the player has been invited to Istanbul to advance the transfer negotiations and undergo medical examinations," they added with a photo of Guendouzi on an aeroplane.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

New Delhi city authorities, working with the government's Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city's northern Burari area.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Miten Patel's mother and father Ashok and Shobhana Patel died on the Gatwick-bound Air India aeroplane crash in June.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

And when we began to actually build the aeroplane, they made a point of coming down with an already fixed cold supper and helping us.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep