piloting
Example Sentences
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Operators once steering 40-ton bulldozers over the tough, trash-filled terrain of the Marana Regional Landfill near Tucson, Ariz., are now remotely piloting a Caterpillar with a joystick hundreds of yards away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Loggers running fellers, and captains piloting tender boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“He was flying to Los Angeles that day, piloting a 767. He called and told me to turn on the TV — ‘You won’t believe what is going on in New York.‘”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Many of these policies will be things that we're piloting for one year, two years, to see what impact it has," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
They snuggled together, and before the scene where Commander Calvados wins over the respect of the crew by piloting the ship through a black hole, they’d both fallen asleep.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
