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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
Most recently the family jetted to Cabo San Lucas, according to photos obtained by the Daily Mail, marking the first time Timberlake had been seen publicly since Spears dropped her book.
—Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
Then again, jetting off to a warm-weather island in the Caribbean that has blue skies, beaches, and toes-in-the-sandy luxury resorts — and will leave you with that post-vacation glow — is guaranteed to get the sparks flying, too.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
Over in the playground, a collection of colorful apparatuses ran on an automatic cycle: jetting water from the ground, shooting water in a geyser out of the top of a purple column, dumping water from a trio of swiveling red buckets.
—Kyle Paoletta, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2023
The topic came up as Kim was jetting off to Las Vegas with her hairstylist Chris Appleton and his then-fiancé Lukas Gage for their wedding.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
Low-cost Icelandic airline Play wants travelers to jet off to Europe for just $99 with a Halloween flash sale.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2023
At Button Down, an upscale shop in San Francisco that specializes in Italian clothing, sales have slowed this year — in part because so many clients are jetting off to Italy.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
The Journal, for its part, this summer reported that his predecessor, Lloyd Blankfein, had said Solomon was spending too much time away from his day job, jetting around on Goldman’s private planes and DJing at nightclubs and festivals.
—David Benoit, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2023
Anna Schecter, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
There were reports that Israeli fighter jets and drones were repeatedly striking targets in the area.
—Paul Schemm, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
The script depicted Bella as a superstar athlete and ended with her in a chase with the FBI (on jet skis).
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
Rick Ross has been all about showing off his private jet.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
The donations came at a crucial juncture for both the defense budget and Lockheed Martin, which benefited from $1.8 billion for the F-35 fighter jet that Tester’s subcommittee pushed as part of a military spending package.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Taiga has rented a berth to demo its jet ski at Westpoint Harbor in the southern part of the Bay Area.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
Dahiya refers to the southern Beirut suburbs where Hezbollah maintained its strongholds and which were pummeled by Israeli jets after hostilities began when Hezbollah fighters abducted two Israeli soldiers.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
In late October, Israeli fighter jets targeted a tunnel network under Jabaliya, a densely populated neighborhood, killing a central figure in Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2021
The primary bathroom is just as decadent with a marble bath, Jacuzzi, separate multi-jet shower and two uber spacious walk-in closets.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2022
Even Eero Saarinen’s practically ancient TWA Terminal, the apex of pre-jet-age mystique, has been reincorporated into the air-travel experience as a theme hotel.
—Curbed, 11 Feb. 2022
The main suite is equipped with a sitting area, three large walk-in closets, and a spa-like bathroom that includes a steam room, jacuzzi bath, multi-jet shower system, and two toilets.
—Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 28 Sep. 2021
In late 2019, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts began collaborating with celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak to create an anti-jet-lag exercise routine for its hotels.
—Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Verb (2)
French jeter, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor
Noun (1)
1661, in the meaning defined at sense 3a(1)
Verb (1)
1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1692, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Jet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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Middle English jet "black mineral," from early French jaiet (same meaning), derived from Greek gagatēs (same meaning), from Gagas, a town and river in Asia Minor
Verb
from early French jeter, literally "to throw," from Latin jactare "to throw"
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