sound barrier
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Shockwaves can form along wing surfaces and produce a sonic boom when crossing the sound barrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
A British driver who was the first person to break the sound barrier in a car on land has set a new speed record, this time in a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Even during our religious holidays, even on Good Friday, jets fly over us and break the sound barrier just to scare us," al-Jamal said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
In 1947, with its X-1 plane, the team became the first in the history of human flight to break the sound barrier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
Surely they’d broken the sound barrier but were moving too fast to notice.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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