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liner

noun

Definition of liner

as in plane

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Recent Examples of liner The new liner appears grayer than when the pool was repainted and refilled with water in early June. — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 16 July 2026 This liner is a great addition to any sleeping bag or—for those of us who sleep hot—a standalone option. — Clay Abney, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026 Backup goalie Joseph Woll, depth defenseman Simon Benoit and fourth-liner Noel Acciari are the only notable additions. — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 16 July 2026 Corbin Carroll grounded into a forceout at second, moving Marte to third, before Gabriel Moreno singled on a liner to right that scored Marte. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for liner

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This led to years of combing through the Pan Am and Coast Guard archives in search of clues about the location of the plane's wreckage.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Svetlana Grković, Karović’s wife, told Serbian outlet Nova that the plane had been flying for around 30 minutes before the incident occurred.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Definition of plane

Noun

All five ships crossed through an Iranian route, the Kpler data showed.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of ship

Noun

Stronger, more effective composites for electric vehicles, high-speed rail, and airplanes are being produced by lightweight, radiation-tolerant nanomaterials and metamaterials honed for spacecraft, which also reduce weight and increase range.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Private airplanes dropped copies of Harding’s proclamation, but neither side complied.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Definition of airplane

Noun

On July 27, 1962, two Russian cosmonauts boarded a Soviet airliner and experienced weightlessness without going to space.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026
Small wonder the Comet, the world's first jet airliner, made its debut there, as did the Concorde in 1970.

— David Szondy July 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Definition of airliner

Noun

The tanker has been grounded off the Dhofar coast since June, according to two shipping and maritime news outlets, who reported that the crew reported an explosion on board at the time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
On February 28, conflict erupted in the Persian Gulf and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed by more than 90 percent within days, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

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Kuwait said on Saturday that Iranian forces launched a wave of drones within its airspace, with its military destroying multiple aircraft after Iran targeted critical infrastructure in the country's north.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Although Chinese authorities have not officially confirmed the aircraft or its development status, the latest visuals have renewed interest in Beijing’s progress toward a sixth-generation combat aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

The Daily Dividend Archer shares soared almost 20% yesterday after the air taxi company unveiled its autonomous military vehicle with Anduril.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Solving infrastructure bottlenecks Early deployment will focus on metropolitan regions where commercial air taxi services are expected to launch first, including California, Texas, Florida, and New York.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of air taxi

Noun

Emphasizing that any drone can be a threat in a restricted area, the FBI referred to an incident last year during the LA fires when a man flew his drone into a Super Scooper water dropping airship, grounding it for five days.

— Tom Wait, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Tropical Islands recreates a balmy paradise in an old airship hangar about an hour from Berlin.

— Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

Definition of airship

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