pilot
Example Sentences
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Jackson met the then-leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1979 when he traveled to Syria to free U.S. pilot Robert Goodman, who’d been shot down while on a bombing mission.
From Los Angeles Times
Only one person competes, pushing the sled at the start and piloting down the course at speeds of 70 to 80 mph.
From Los Angeles Times
In “The Great Santini,” he was a Marine fighter pilot who was as overbearing and explosive with his family as with the men under his command.
From Los Angeles Times
The actor was shown to no less domineering effect in The Great Santini, playing a frustrated Marine pilot who hectors and browbeats his teenage children.
From BBC
The pilots behind them have to be at the top of their game, too.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
