pilot
Example Sentences
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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.
Microsoft recently launched a pilot with eight publishers, including People, the Associated Press and Hearst.
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