airliner

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Recent Examples of airliner Two Chinese airliners narrowly avoided colliding in early July, after what a pilot appeared to not follow air traffic control instructions, almost resulting in disaster. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 The airliner will also work with players to create digital marketing campaigns that will incorporate stories about life on and off the court. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025 In the past week alone, the airliner had completed at least 11 international trips, with destinations ranging from Paris and Frankfurt to Melbourne and Tokyo, according to the tracking site Flightradar 24. Bill Chappell, NPR, 12 June 2025 ATCs are under particular scrutiny after January’s crash in the US capital between an airliner and a military helicopter, which killed 67: Experts believe human error played a role. semafor.com, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for airliner
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Noun
  • The main portion of Captain Ron’s class took place on a stationary Southwest airplane.
    Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This big cruise ship is a pretty slick way to travel a long distance, and much more comfortable than any airplane.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With a range of 46 miles, the SDBs give the A-10 a standoff capability, which may seem ironic for a close air support plane.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • From left: Baby Bear waits at the airfield next to a private plane; and stands with a volunteer sat on the floor.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Future efforts to meet its obligations may include selling certain aircraft, real estate and excess airport gate capacity, Spirit stated in SEC documents.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The aircraft will be integrated with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, which was created for conducting land assaults from the sea.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.
    Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His liner to right leading off the fifth just remained fair for a game-tying home run.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Ensure your lips stay perfect all day — through sips of water and coffee or swims in the pool — with these water-resistant liners, lipsticks and more.
    Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • They were created with affordability in mind so different branches of the military could use a standardized airframe with the ability to satisfy varying requirements, Stringer said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 July 2025
  • Getting an airframe from concept to a 5,000-ft (1,500-m) elevation is nothing short of difficult, to say the least ... and prohibitively expensive.
    Joe Salas May 07, New Atlas, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • At the time, Wei was a petty officer who held a security clearance and worked as a machinist’s mate aboard the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In the case of Leviathan, the ship’s architecture was by Lateral Naval Architects and Oceanco, exterior design by Oceanco, and interiors by Mark Berryman Design.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The deal will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before the crashes, according to court papers filed Friday.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 23 May 2025
  • On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.
    Theo Burman John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025

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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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