biplane

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Recent Examples of biplane To beat The Entity, Ethan and his peeps end up in South Africa, where Ethan (who earlier obtained the AI’s source code from the Russian sub) has a final showdown with Gabriel in biplanes. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 May 2025 All of these are mere amuse-bouches in preparation for the main course, in which Hunt manages to stowaway on a biplane, commandeer it, then jump onto a second biplane and hang on to the wing while swooping up to 8000 feet. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025 Those biplanes may be soaring in the sky in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, but critics feel like the movie is too heavy to really take off. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 May 2025 But with Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning, the greatest cinema trick lies with Cruise’s biplane stunt. Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for biplane
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Noun
  • Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.
    Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Noun
  • Most people get from town to town by seaplane or boat.
    Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025
  • As this is the mid-Atlantic’s yachting capital, and an anchorage for caravels, clippers and seaplanes, the spirit of nautical bonhomie is pervasive.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • While the other species are all considered skilled aerial travelers, biomechanical research suggests that the paradise flying snake is the fastest glider among them.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • Conservationists hope the greater glider livestream will continue revealing new information about these at-risk animals and encourage their protection.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.
    Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Thanks to the Terrain Management system and multiple four-wheel drive controls, however, the Ranger PHEV effortlessly swam like an amphibian.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The cicadas also provide abundant high-protein food for many species of birds, small mammals, and some reptiles and amphibians.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025

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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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