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airplane

[air-pleyn] / ˈɛərˌpleɪn /
NOUN
vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
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The latest model, the Geran-5, looks more like a missile than a Shahed, which resembles a miniature delta-wing airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

As the airplane began to sink, Tiffany, 68, and Boltz swam to shallow water.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Newly declassified documents show that three years before 9/11, US intelligence officials were discussing the possibility that al-Qaeda "may fly an explosive airplane into a US city".

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Heading into training camp, Jim Harbaugh made the analogy of the Chargers ramping up like an airplane.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The first assignments Mrs. Vaughan gave me involved working with engineers focused on airplane aeronautics.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

One day, equity markets are drunk on the prospect that artificial intelligence will cure cancer, improve on Shakespeare and make airplanes take off on time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Soybean oil becomes biodiesel and aviation fuel, powering school buses and commercial airplanes.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Congress has sometimes taken decades to enact rules for other revolutionary technologies, from electricity to airplanes.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Overhead, we heard the drone of airplanes, and we all looked up.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz




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