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Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into the World Trade Center in New York, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania.
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Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
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Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The United Airlines jetliner went down in Lake Michigan off the Lake Forest shoreline killing 30 passengers and crew.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
The controller could see from a window that the helicopter was too close, but the controller did not alert the jetliner.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
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Poland, Estonia and Romania — countries on Europe’s northern and eastern flank and close to Russia — have all reported airspace incursions involving either Russian jets or drones recently.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Russia refers to that family of drones as the Gerans, newer versions of which are jet powered.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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As the geographic reach expanded to Europe and South America, clients’ aircraft skewed toward longer-range turboprops and faster business jets.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
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While the four-engine turboprop is designed for anti-submarine warfare, it can also be used for search-and-rescue and mine-laying operations.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
Noun
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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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The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The mission architecture included OOR, consisting of multiple tanker vehicles launched to service a refueling depot in LEO.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
Noun
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In July, the airliner grounded all flights for roughly three hours following an IT outage.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Turkey plans to purchase hundreds of Boeing airliners and Lockheed Martin jets.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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