controller
Example Sentences
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“We’re going to be addressing that, because that was not good,” the air traffic controller responded.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
About 15 minutes after an Air Canada jet collided with an emergency truck, a LaGuardia Airport air-traffic controller told a pilot, “I messed up.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
An air traffic controller was heard saying: "'Truck One, stop, stop, stop!" seconds before the crash.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Second controller: "No man, you did the best you could."
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
We played for a while longer, until Ben just curled onto the floor, holding the controller up to his chest, and went to sleep.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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