passenger
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A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in quarantine on tiny Pitcairn Island, a volcanic outcrop in the South Pacific famously settled by mutineers from the HMS Bounty.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
A yellow warning was issued for passenger boats and fishermen.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The passenger with the new confirmed case of hantavirus was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid, where 13 other Spanish nationals who were evacuated Sunday also are staying.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Alexandra Krivonogova, from the 125th Guards, flew passenger planes for twenty-five years and then became an air traffic controller.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Greetings, World Traveler! — List 1
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for September 10–September 16, 2022
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