aerial

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Recent Examples of aerial Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a large portion of Iran's ballistic missile arsenal was destroyed during the first hours of the aerial attacks. MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025 With an engagement range of up to 25 kilometers, it is designed for rapid response to aerial threats, offering Ukrainian forces a flexible defensive option against swarms of incoming attack drones. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025 Carson promised to protect the Australia Zoo star from any aerial attacks moving forward. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025 That said, the Divine Beast stages are no more, replaced with these aerial combat sections that play out like classic Star Fox or Panzer Dragoon on-rail shooting sections. PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aerial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerial
vertical
Adjective
  • The Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) provides thrust vectoring capability for X-BAT’s vertical takeoff and landing maneuverability.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Located in its app, the Watch tab now features a feed of vertical video stories, though they are editorially curated rather than algorithmically fed, at least for now.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Aerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerial. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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