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Recent Examples of airliner
Hearing of the accident between the U.S. Army Black Hawk and the commercial airliner last January broke my heart.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
Another tactic for managing traffic that also contributed to the crash was controllers' relying on visual separation, in which helicopters see and avoid airliners.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
No, this year the smoke was blown away by a British budget airliner.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Such levels would be high enough to power a regional passenger airliner with multiple motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
Another tactic for managing traffic that also contributed to the crash was controllers' relying on visual separation, in which helicopters see and avoid airliners.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
No, this year the smoke was blown away by a British budget airliner.
—David MacK, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Such levels would be high enough to power a regional passenger airliner with multiple motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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American pilot Ethan Guo, right, prepares his airplane in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 6, 2024, before his take off from Geneva Airport for attempting a world record solo flight to all seven continents.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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My top picks of the versatile bottoms can be worn from the airplane to running errands to hot yoga, and the best part?—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Sep. 2025
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When your flight is ready to depart, passengers will be brought to their flight in style, escorted individually in a BMW to the air field, across the tarmac and onto the plane.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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The planes are modern, with the average aircraft being less than seven years old.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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The airline announced Friday that its first plane with secondary cockpit barriers had gone into service, and Southwest expects to have 26 aircraft fitted with the device in service by the end of the year.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Also made from nonporous silicone, each liner is made from food-grade silicone that’s nontoxic and BPA-free.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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Moored on the shimmering curve of the South Bank, Sea Containers is London’s answer to maritime maximalism—an all-day, all-night glam escape where ocean liner nostalgia gets a high-gloss, high-style reboot.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The line integrates every stage of manufacturing—materials preparation, airframe and component production, testing, and final assembly—maximizing productivity and quality, according to the report.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The result is an airframe resembling a flying spindle.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This will mark the first time LL Cool J, 57, is steering the ship solo.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maybe ship Enid with somebody her own age.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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