air-cushion vehicle

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Recent Examples of air-cushion vehicle That's what an air-cushion vehicle rides on. Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
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Noun
  • By then, Kyiv had received some Patriot systems and already succeeded in shooting down some of Russia’s most advanced missiles and aircraft.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • Wait times for popular new aircraft models already stretch into the next decade with demand still strong.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • In 1967: Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked allies on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy research ship collecting intelligence near the Sinai Peninsula, amid the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab nations Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • In the late nineteenth century, for instance, France’s navy sought to counter British naval supremacy by investing heavily in submarines and torpedo boats.
    Julia Ciocca, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • It is geared toward mega-rich business travelers, air taxi operators and anyone who wants to skip traffic and simply fly over it instead.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
  • United Airlines has partnered with competitor Archer Aviation to launch an airport air taxi service.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy's inauguration featured a replica of the PT boat that the new president served on during World War II.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 14 June 2025
  • That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • As of June 12, the ship was still partially sunken about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, and a broadcast notice was issued telling mariners to avoid the area, according to officials.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • When the Yautja harpoon the ship from below, the humans are temporarily blocked from taking off until Ursa decides to sacrifice herself, sliding down the cable and severing it from the ship.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Stretch your legs with a stroll along the Anhinga Trail, where herons and turtles gather at the water’s edge, or, if time allows, hop on an airboat tour to glide through the heart of the marshes and spot alligators in their natural habitat.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
  • With cozy cabins, 10 landscaped RV sites, a full-service pub, live music on weekends, nearby airboat tours, and kayak and paddle board rentals, The Cove has quietly built a devoted following over the years.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • War planes fly over the international ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings June 6 on Utah Beach, Normandy.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • Transits also require a precise alignment between the orbital plane of a planetary system and our line of sight.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This kart racing game took some big swings, with the ability to drive a car, hovercraft, or airplane, a story mode, and some fantastic multiplayer modes.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But most of us have never seen a hovercraft in real life, and the vehicles haven’t had a big impact on our world.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024

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“Air-cushion vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-cushion%20vehicle. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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