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plane

[playn] / pleɪn /






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An old man misplaced his phone, and the whole plane came together to find it and take off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

But the carrier noted that the European plane maker had granted it "significant price concessions" and the final cost is expected to be lower.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

"I've been booked to jump out of a plane three times before and never made it on the plane," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

“I generally consider myself a positive person and a dreamer, but then I met Fernando and realized that the way he dreams is on another plane entirely.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Alex stared out and tried not to notice that her stomach was diving faster than the plane.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Dale Hipkiss, from NH, said the top layer of the road surface had been planed away because of extensive damage caused by the spilled fuel.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

The wood-framed walls and beams were planed to feel as soft to the touch as satin sheets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

Every time we managed to summit a dune, following a sand ridge perfectly planed by the wind and sinking with each step, another beckoned us ahead.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

In the past few days, we slurped frilly Shanxi planed noodles in this spicy sesame chile oil number.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

From the age of three it has been planed and polished, pared down, harnessed wholly to the task of storytelling.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The committee set aside $21.5 million for “hybrid composite structures research for enhanced mobility,” “electric propulsion for military craft and advanced planing hulls” and a “test bed for autonomous ship systems.”

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

When she was 16, she helped her father build them a house, making cinder blocks and planing boards after school.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Lepore plans to work with a blind artist in the future, and the institute is planing an art gallery for the blind and visually impaired, featuring artists and guest curators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

On a wet morning in late October, the sound of electrical sanders whirring and the steady thunks of a craftsman planing a chair leg echoed through one of Century Furniture’s cavernous warehouses.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

Then with a planing tool, he carefully smoothed away the surface of the design so that the colored clay was completely level with the body of the vase itself.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park


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