planetoid

Example Sentences

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The next year, more batteries and hundreds of soldiers followed—73 planeloads on large C-17 aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

While the five men who sued remained in Texas, the three planeloads of prisoners were sent to El Salvador and shown behind bars with their heads shaved and their shirtless tattoos on display.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

Senior officials from once-hostile countries visited Damascus for the first time in over a decade and sent planeloads of aid.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

Soon, planeloads of aid from Syria’s Arab brethren were landing in quake-affected areas, and Egypt dispatched its foreign minister to meet with Mr. al-Assad in Damascus.

From New York Times • May 7, 2023

I told him that I dreamed to see the day when shiploads and planeloads of American Muslims would come to Mecca for the Hajj.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey