jet
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The Bakkers had a famously opulent lifestyle, owning a private jet, multiple homes, luxury cars, jewellery and even an air-conditioned dog house.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
According to the model, a fast-moving jet of quarks should disturb the surrounding plasma and leave a wake behind, causing the material to ripple and splash.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
This week, however, the jet stream will start to sink further south, allowing the winds to turn more northerly and introduce a colder air mass.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In other words, they induced jet lag despite basically going nowhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The sun was not yet past the horizon by the time I took my seat at the Linotype machine, and I worked in the glow of the single gas jet.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Musk could buy about 11,000 F-35 fighter jets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, a Saudi-led military coalition said its fighter jets had destroyed more than 300 "high-value" targets in strikes supporting the offensive.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Those colliding factors have pushed up the cost of moving crude and making fuel across the supply chain, raising the price to operate everything from cars and trucks to commercial jets and farming equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Pakistan already has 8,000 troops in Saudi Arabia, along with 16 Chinese-made JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, combat drone squadrons and a surface-to-air missile battery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then, with a roar loud enough to rattle the change in a person’s pockets, the jets shot off in different directions like an exploding firework.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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As they jetted away from San Francisco International Airport later that night, he said, “I guess I’m not a Beatle anymore.”
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Before launching his presidential bid, De la Espriella lived in Florence, Italy, where he dabbled in opera, jetted around in private planes and promoted his rum and wine businesses.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
They’d jetted in on separate planes, lest one go down.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore., Fisher even jetted back to his home in Park City, Utah, between events, before returning to the trials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025
Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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But this September, they'll take a major step up - jetting off to support Olivia Rodrigo on the first 18 arena dates of her world tour.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Had he made that announcement a few hours earlier, maybe Congress could have passed some sort of brief extension before jetting off.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
To the outside world, Xi Jinping appears invincible, with leaders from across the globe jetting to China one after another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of their opening T20 World Cup match against Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday after being struck in the groin during training, with Steve Smith jetting in as cover.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
And yet, I can still imagine jetting across the ocean with Mom by my side.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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