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Recent Examples of jetliner
The 106-foot-long jetliner can hold up to 78 passengers, depending on the seat configuration, according to a brochure from the company.
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
That comes on the heels of several high-profile aviation incidents in the United States — including a midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a military helicopter — as well as lingering quality control issues at Boeing.
—Bella Stoddart,monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Reagan National was the site of a midair collision between a regional jetliner and an Army helicopter last month that killed all 67 people on the two aircraft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
That comes on the heels of several high-profile aviation incidents in the United States — including a midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a military helicopter — as well as lingering quality control issues at Boeing.
—Bella Stoddart,monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Reagan National was the site of a midair collision between a regional jetliner and an Army helicopter last month that killed all 67 people on the two aircraft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
Noun
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Orange County lacked ethics on Split Oak decision The U.S. Supreme Court had been criticized for lacking an ethics code, highlighted by a justice getting private jet rides from a donor with business before the court.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2025
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After giving Harry some crap for previously ducking him, Donnie patches the call through to Kat's private jet.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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The system has also been applied to higher-end jet and turboprops like the Piper M700 and Daher TBM.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
13 May 2025
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Since then, search crews have been looking for a sign of the turboprop Cessna Caravan operated by Bering Air.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The aircraft is produced by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and equipped with modern radar and air-to-air missile systems.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Air traffic controllers could be heard telling a FedEx plane that their screens went dark and then asking the aircraft to tell their company to put pressure on to get the problem fixed.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
9 May 2025
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Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.—
Lidia Kurasinska,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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The first airline expected to receive a 777-9 in 2026, once the type is certified, will be Lufthansa, which has placed an order for 20 777-9s and seven 777-8 freighters.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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That predecessor was wrecked May 9, 1980, when a freighter, lost in the vicious storm, broadsided the southbound span of the twin bridge and knocked down a 1,260-foot section of roadway.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force including boarding the vessel was deemed unnecessary and the tanker was escorted out of the Estonian Economic Exclusion Zone.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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More than 50 activists including Greta Thunberg briefly held a demonstration inside the Copenhagen office of Maersk’s tankers division Tuesday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 May 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
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President Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a $400-million luxury airliner from the gulf state’s royal family.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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At the end of the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese soldiers swarmed a Pan Am airliner to save themselves from the rapidly-advancing North Vietnamese army.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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