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Recent Examples of copilot
Two sources familiar with the matter said the pilot and copilot on board the passenger plane were badly injured in the late-night collision.
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Jay Blackman, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
The pilot and copilot were both based out of Canada, Garcia said during a news conference.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The pilot and copilot who died were both based out of Canada, Garcia said during a news conference.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Jay Blackman, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
The pilot and copilot were both based out of Canada, Garcia said during a news conference.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The pilot and copilot who died were both based out of Canada, Garcia said during a news conference.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copilot
Noun
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One of the bills would create a pilot program for psychedelic or psilocybin mushrooms to be used in medicine for the treatment of mental health conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Drivers may have to share roads with other cars, but pilots have to share the skies with other planes—and with birds.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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Glover, a Navy test pilot, was the first Black astronaut to live and work aboard the space station in 2020 and 2021.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Wiseman, 50, was born in Baltimore and had a career as a naval aviator and test pilot before being chosen as an astronaut candidate in 2009.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The backstory Il Pellicano begins with a love story, that of Michael Graham, a Royal Air Force aviator, and Patsy Daszel, an American socialite, who met in the mid-1950s at a party in Pelican Point, California.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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More than 300 Idaho airmen from the 124th Fighter Wing were previously deployed to the area of responsibility in March 2025 for three months.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2026
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Enemy forces had moved within two miles of the airman's position.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Isom, like his predecessor Doug Parker, is not a showman like the flyboys of past generations.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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For now, the flyboy will be resting in the barracks.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sumner, Gilbert, and drummer Stephen Morris have carried on, while bassist Peter Hook quit to start his own ace live band, the Light, playing the exact same catalog on rival tours.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2026
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Should the Red Sox be worried about their ace?—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Copilot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copilot. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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