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Over the years, Beijing has sent warplanes and navy vessels toward the island on a near-daily basis.—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026 Japanese warplanes attacked, torpedoed and bombed the ship, which caught fire before flooding and slowly sinking.—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026 Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island.—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 Israeli warplanes carried out simultaneous airstrikes on areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs and struck a car near the capital.—Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warplane