antenna
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Most recently, in March, her BMW was stolen from outside her home using an antenna to amplify the signal from the key fob inside her house.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The NC State researchers wanted to investigate whether a laser could offer a simpler solution by creating an antenna directly in the surrounding air.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Because the antenna is created by a laser rather than built from a fixed metal structure, its dimensions can be adjusted by changing the laser's settings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, its petal-like solar panels had failed to open fully, trapping the antenna and preventing Beagle 2 from communicating.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
I pulled out the left antenna rod as far as it could go and aimed it from one corner of the window to the other.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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If Mengucci’s plain talk can’t be received by investors’ antennae or Bluetooth, they’d better check their connectivity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Other bees frequently touch the dancer with their antennae and bodies.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
"There's around 10,000 satellites orbiting right now. The plan is to go to about 40-50,000 satellites in just some years," explains Abrahamsson, as he stands overlooking several large antennae.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Then the beetle seeks out an ant — climbing on top of it, clasping its antennae in its jaws and scooping up its pheromones with brush-like legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Weak smoke of the type produced by burning leaves rose from one of the antennae of smokestacks.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Additional research will be needed to determine how effectively laser-generated plasma antennas could operate under real space conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Russian engineers are skilled at exploiting off-the-shelf equipment to maximum benefit, such as in creating antennas that thwart electronic countermeasures and communication networks that overcome jamming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
When tail fins disappeared, I was nine; when power antennas arrived, eleven.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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