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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

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After inspecting metal fragments found among the trees near the city of Świnoujście, historians say the area may hide further remains of an Allied airplane crash from World War II.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Who knows if less time in an airplane will make a difference, but a franchise that hasn’t won a postseason game since the 2018 season will look for anything to change that trajectory.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 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

Boom operators are those who direct the transfer of fuel from the KC-135 fuel tanker to other aircraft mid-flight.

— Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Of course, this growing mass constitutes a serious threat to the ocean ecosystem, not to mention the environmental catastrophes regularly caused by tanker accidents themselves.

— Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

For a relatively small fee, someone meets you at the aircraft, carries your bags, escorts you through customs in just a few minutes, helps collect your luggage, and takes you directly to your transportation.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
International aid mobilized Under the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, Greece and Italy have each sent two Canadair firefighting aircraft to Spain, while Portugal has deployed more than 100 military personnel along with equipment.

— Reuters, NBC news, 26 July 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

Head to the Kunsthalle, which opened in 2022, or Dox, with its eyecatching airship shape, which hosts art, literature, performance and architecture.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
The German airship Graf Zeppelin took off from Lakehurst, New Jersey, for the first around-the-world passenger flight.

— USA Today, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of airship

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