propeller
Example Sentences
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Space Force Capt. Gordon McCulloh was sitting in a military propeller plane high in the calm, dark sky over New Mexico on a recent Wednesday night when his squadron’s group chat blew up.
A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars.
From Barron's
Notably, the spokesperson ruled out the use of nets to intercept boats, which Le Monde has previously reported could be used to snarl the propellers of the boats.
From BBC
Some believed that propellers were the future not just of flight, but of cars and trains.
The company’s experimental Jäger—German for “Hunter”—interceptor takes off vertically using propellers, then a solid-fuel rocket shoots it up 15,000 feet in 5 seconds before electric motors take over again.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
