plane
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Which means it’s a uniquely inopportune moment to get on a plane and go on a family vacation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Amazon.com is pausing its operations with 21 Air, the cargo carrier that was operating the Amazon-branded plane that crashed in Miami, killing five people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The pair managed to get out of the plane and to shallow water where a Wausau Fire Department airboat rescued them about 15 minutes later, at 21:05 local time, according to the sheriff's office.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany has said he sustained minor injuries after a plane he was on landed on a lake, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
She watched as the plane pulled to a stop, neatly aligned with the jetway.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.
From BBC ● May 2, 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
People in Tehran and some other cities planed to hold a counter-protest rally after the Friday prayer.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made had molded him.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
They also offer bespoke milling and planing services, ideal for those who have to chop down a favorite childhood tree, but aren’t quite ready to let go.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
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
"We understand that the terrorists are planing new strikes. We know this for a fact," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2022
Open, where she was upset in the third round by Leylah Fernandez and explained that she was struggling to take pleasure in the game and was planing to take a break from competition.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
I could hear the Great American Gelding snoring away like a planing mill.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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