sortie
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Turk’s bad back makes it a brief sortie, but the attempt confirms that their friendship remains fundamentally intact.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026
Air-superiority missions, for instance, would require them to sortie and remain “on station” in Taiwan’s vicinity for a time before returning, which isn’t viable from Guam, Heginbotham said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
The aircraft was diverted there after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian ocean and was unable to return to HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's flagship carrier.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
But this time the Russian plane wasn’t on a bombing sortie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
Doubtless, perhaps against his better judgment, Gage would make his big sortie before the Cerebus arrived with the three new generals.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Japanese jets scrambled 595 times in the year to March 31, 2026, including 366 sorties against Chinese aircraft and 214 for Russian planes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The F-15E jet fighter and A-10 attack plane were the first U.S. or Israeli aircraft to be shot down in thousands of sorties flown in Iranian airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
The renewed sorties shattered a rare and unexplained lull that lasted 10 days, fueling speculation and uncertainty about Beijing’s intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Counter-drone units were defending against attacks on coalition bases in Iraq, he added, while UK jets were conducting defensive sorties over the United Arab Emirates.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
"I need Balon Swann and the Hound to lead sorties, to make certain Stannis gets no toehold on our side of the Blackwater."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The ROK Air Force then sortied its fighters, including about 80 fifth-generation F-35As.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Japan's main fleet never again sortied in full force.
From Time Magazine Archive
With an eye on relaxation as well as royalties, some well-established novelists and poets have sortied from their usual literary habitat and invaded the children's book field with happy results.
From Time Magazine Archive
She donned trousers, overcoat, slouch felt hat, a false-diamond stickpin and a false black mustache, and sortied into Mexican society.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they came opposite the rock which had sheltered Johnny they sortied to see if that part of the mesa was guarded, but there was no sign of life upon it.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
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