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The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.
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Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Why a business jet first Spike frames the S‑512 as a low‑boom business jet rather than a large airliner, an important strategic choice.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 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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Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Why a business jet first Spike frames the S‑512 as a low‑boom business jet rather than a large airliner, an important strategic choice.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 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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It’s made with ultra-soft, fleecy Scuba fabric that is perfect for cozying up during a long-haul flight, but the fashion-forward design can be worn straight from the airplane to lunch or sightseeing.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The recall was announced on October 2, after federal testing determined that a toy airplane contained within the eggs exceeded the federal lead content ban.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Flight tracking website Flightradar showed several planes circling the airport at around 11pm local time before heading to other destinations.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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To do this, the mission is leaning on the ER-2 (Earth Resources 2) aircraft, which is NASA's adaptation of the Lockheed Martin U-2 reconnaissance plane, optimized for civilian missions.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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On September 10, when several Russian drones breached Poland’s airspace, NATO aircraft were scrambled to intercept and shoot down some of the devices.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Last month, Russian drones also twice crossed into NATO airspace, prompting allied aircraft to shoot down several over Polish territory.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 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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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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Now her cascading platinum locks, which were as synonymous with Anderson’s look as her trademark smoky eyes and lip-liner, are a thing of the past.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The pigment is creamy, lasts forever, and compliments an eye-liner wing or moody eye shadow.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dogfighting drills push both the airframe and the pilot to their physical limits, with G-forces that test human endurance.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Over time, if the aircraft stays under it, the airframe is going to hold up just fine.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The fleet encountered a hurricane off the coast of Eastern Florida in an area now known as the Treasure Coast — named for the fact that a large number of shipwrecks took place there — and all but one of the fleet’s approximately 12 ships were destroyed.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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By the time the ship arrived in Miami, federal health agency says 94 passengers onboard Serenade of the Seas reported falling ill.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, the pilots need to be proficient at air-to-air refueling, a difficult task with a plane the size of a commercial jetliner like the E-3.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The video shows a puff of smoke emerging behind the jetliner.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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