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Recent Examples of jetliner
The video shows a puff of smoke emerging behind the jetliner.
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Thomas O'Connor, a retired FBI agent, responded to the Pentagon within 15 minutes of a jetliner slamming into it.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump made the announcement during a somber annual ceremony where a bell is rung for each of the 184 people killed when terrorists crashed a jetliner into the U.S. military headquarters on Sept. 11, 2001.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 11 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
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Thomas O'Connor, a retired FBI agent, responded to the Pentagon within 15 minutes of a jetliner slamming into it.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump made the announcement during a somber annual ceremony where a bell is rung for each of the 184 people killed when terrorists crashed a jetliner into the U.S. military headquarters on Sept. 11, 2001.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 11 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
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Jim Irsay stood beside his private jet just days after the 2021 season ended and made sure the camera was rolling to capture his thoughts.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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This gave Gates, from the use of his private jet alone, the same carbon footprint as a small town in Burundi.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The aircraft was listed as a Socata TBM-700, a single-engine turboprop.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800 Designed for a twin-turboprop performance and zero emissions, the Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800 is an eight-seat aircraft featuring a cruise speed of 593 km/h (368 mph).—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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All three nuclear powers have established their own nuclear triad, consisting of ICBMs, submarines armed with ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft, which ensure their forces can survive a first strike and retaliate, thereby deterring a nuclear attack.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Officials say the aircraft can strike drug labs, clandestine airstrips, and vessels linked to trafficking networks.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What’s happening now Fuel is running short in Bamako as militants belonging to a group called Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam al-Muslimin (JNIM) cut roads to the capital, attack military patrols and ambush tanker trucks.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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No structural damage was done to the bridge after the fire involving a tanker carrying diesel, said the Ohio Department of Transportation.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 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
Noun
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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Both the helicopter and airliner crashed into the Potomac River.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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