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Recent Examples of airliner
Yet, Luckey maintained that the secure zone of an airport and a commercial airliner are relatively safe environments.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Slated for publication on February 10, Cold Zero watches as a cutting-edge commercial airliner crash-lands near the North Pole, stranding survivors in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
A week earlier, on July 19, controllers at National Airport had tracked several unidentified blips, corroborated by Andrews, Bolling Air Force Base and a commercial pilot who reported bright lights pacing his airliner.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Gone are the days when an airliner would have a lounge or even a piano bar.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Slated for publication on February 10, Cold Zero watches as a cutting-edge commercial airliner crash-lands near the North Pole, stranding survivors in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
A week earlier, on July 19, controllers at National Airport had tracked several unidentified blips, corroborated by Andrews, Bolling Air Force Base and a commercial pilot who reported bright lights pacing his airliner.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Gone are the days when an airliner would have a lounge or even a piano bar.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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If you aren’t sold on airplane jeans, this would be the easiest way to elevate your travel outfit.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
21 Jan. 2026
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This was, after all, a man accustomed to jumping out of airplanes without parachutes, starring under the big top of Nitro Circus, and treating physics like a polite suggestion.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The route at the time of the collision allowed the Black Hawk to fly as close as 75 feet below planes descending to land on runway 33 at Reagan National Airport, according to the NTSB.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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At their closest points, helicopters and planes flew within 75 feet of each other near DCA, an astonishingly close number.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The ministry said the aircraft's crew enquired about winds and visibility with a local instructor before attempting to land.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The carrier is carrying a complement of strike aircraft, while the accompanying destroyers are armed with Tomahawk missiles.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 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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Saadé said the liner partnered with Stonepeak due to its experience in infrastructure investments, indicating that the JV will help the DHL partner accelerate investments in new terminals and enhance service quality for customers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Gardiner notes that Jelly Jar™ Lip & Cheek Balm is especially versatile, allowing endless customization depending on liner choice while keeping lips hydrated and comfortable throughout the day.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to Kratos, the Marine Corps’ Valkyrie CCA will be able to tackle multiple missions with its modular airframe.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of four repair plants in the United States, the Indianapolis location is the company's largest airframe facility in the country.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
29 Dec. 2025
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One of the advantages, according to Guzy, is access to smaller ports that larger ships can’t reach, like Lipari, one of the Aeolian Islands off Sicily.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The scary one involved reaching the moon and using Apollo 8’s howitzer of a main engine to slow the ship down and settle into lunar orbit, circling the moon 10 times before coming home.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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An hour into the flight, the jetliner, which had 27 others onboard, exploded over the village of Srbska Kamenice, according to the Times.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Boeing's 787 aircraft is the only commercial jetliner that does not draw air through the aircraft's engine.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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