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Recent Examples of amphibian
Researchers at the university have also been developing ways to optimize jumping locomotion in robotics, taking cues from insects, amphibians and vertebrates, and investigating the use of gecko-style bots.
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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
During the first visit, researchers found a dead snake-like amphibian, known as a caecilian, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The Pokémon character Wooper is also thought to be inspired by the amphibian.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Meadowbrook Nature Preserve in Valparaiso is a place to explore and learn more about the life cycle of the amphibian.
—Deena Butterfield, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
During the first visit, researchers found a dead snake-like amphibian, known as a caecilian, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The Pokémon character Wooper is also thought to be inspired by the amphibian.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Meadowbrook Nature Preserve in Valparaiso is a place to explore and learn more about the life cycle of the amphibian.
—Deena Butterfield, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amphibian
Noun
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Hop on a seaplane to Vancouver Island, explore historic parks, or simply wander the city streets for some serious people-watching.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The island of Ellaidhoo is located 26 miles west of the capital, Malé, and is only accessible via seaplane or boat.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The addition of end-to-end bomber Kiefer Sherwood is likely to create even more space for Misa, allowing the 2025 first-round pick to go from a guy with deft skill to an obvious game-changer.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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During that film's climactic biplane battle between Cruise's Ethan Hunt and Esai Morales' villainous Gabriel, Cruise dangles mid-air from a seatbelt as the plane flips upside down.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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Since the biplane had been the basis of standard airplane design until that point, the M-1 and following single-wing designs were referenced as monoplanes for a number of years.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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The recent drone escalation appears minor compared with the scale of the war that Putin began in 2022, when hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, tanks, and warplanes poured into Ukraine.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct. 2025
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That morphed following its devastating 1980s war with Iraq into more of an effort to provide a level of deterrence as Arab nations around it purchased sophisticated American bombs, warplanes and tanks that Tehran couldn’t access due to sanctions.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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“Amphibian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amphibian. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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