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
  • Meanwhile, the breakaway republic of Somaliland on the Horn of Africa provided Israel with an additional military position, one of the sources said, allowing Israeli aircraft a point to potentially stop on long-range flights to Iran.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Local, state and federal first responders worked on containing the blaze, assisted by water delivery aircraft.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • On August 2nd of that year, North Vietnamese torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Last year, the company also bought around 300 battery, flight control and propeller patents from now-defunct air taxi maker Lilium.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • AutoFlight has completed a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation flight with the V5000 Matrix, a 5-metric-ton electric aircraft that could push eVTOL technology well beyond the urban air taxi niche.
    Omar Kardoudi May 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • In the Pacific, by the end of World War II, at least 212 PT boats had gotten into the fight.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Sale prices currently start from $579 per person, but there’s limited availability due to the size of the ships, so don’t be a slowpoke!
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Other artifacts found with the cannons included pieces of anchors and a portion of a ship's bronze bell.
    CBS News, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
  • Follow a swamp airboat swerving along a Louisiana bayou.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • School funding Fresh off the plane from Haiti in the 1990s as a teen, Unik Ernest’s first job was as a busboy at a trendy Caribbean restaurant in South Beach.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • Also, spotter planes flying along the Outer Cape have spotted great white sharks near swimming beaches.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.
    Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
  • Tourist guide Natalya owns the hovercraft.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

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“Air-cushion vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-cushion%20vehicle. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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