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airborne

[air-bawrn, -bohrn] / ˈɛərˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn /


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Boor says airborne terpene concentrations inside a room during cleaning can rise to tens or even hundreds of times those found in a forest.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

But in the meantime, the plant formerly known as Ilva has been ordered to shut off its blast furnaces by October 28 due to the presence of asbestos and illegal levels of fine airborne particles.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lockheed has spent the past year rushing to assemble new suppliers for its Patriot interceptor, a high-end missile capable of knocking down a range of airborne attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Los Angeles and airborne reporting were always a match made, if not in heaven, then a quarter-mile or so closer to it than the rest of us earthbound beings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

She dropped down on it, clutched it, then flapped her wings to get airborne.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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