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Recent Examples of liner
One more goal will add Brian Dumoulin to that list and cracking double digits will give Clarke the same total as every other Kings blue-liner in sum.
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Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Best ski helmet This cost-effective skiing helmet has climate control venting, a dial fit, a removable fleece liner and is safety-certified.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Her lips were lined with a dark greige liner, but instead of a pale pink, prismatic pastel, or shimmery beige lip color, Smith opted for a color-changing gold that flashed with metallic champagne tones in one light and warm, fiery orange in others, depending on the angle and the light.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Mar. 2026
The actress wore her blonde tresses in a deep side part, while her makeup consisted of nude lip liner, metallic eyeshadow, and winged eyeliner.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Best ski helmet This cost-effective skiing helmet has climate control venting, a dial fit, a removable fleece liner and is safety-certified.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Her lips were lined with a dark greige liner, but instead of a pale pink, prismatic pastel, or shimmery beige lip color, Smith opted for a color-changing gold that flashed with metallic champagne tones in one light and warm, fiery orange in others, depending on the angle and the light.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Mar. 2026
The actress wore her blonde tresses in a deep side part, while her makeup consisted of nude lip liner, metallic eyeshadow, and winged eyeliner.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liner
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Thirty minutes from landing, the captain woke us all up to say that UAE airspace had closed and that the plane had to turn back to Mumbai.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Pictures showed the plane floating among chunks of ice on Monday night.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There are also significant doubts there are enough Navy ships to escort commercial vessels, given that 60 or more tankers typically traverse the strait each day.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Since the war began Saturday, ships have been attacked in the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world's oil is shipped.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Their job is to program the movable parts on an airplane’s tail and wings—the rudder, elevators, and nearly two dozen ailerons, flaperons, and spoilers—to smooth out its flight automatically when turbulence hits.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The 737 family of airplanes has carried more than 30 million passengers over the last 60 years, according to the manufacturer, but never has carried documents like these.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The airliner is set to unveil its next luxe lounge at New York’s JFK airport later this year.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the seven decades since the first paying passengers flew on a commercial jet airliner—from London to Johannesburg in 1952—the number of commercial flights has increased exponentially, while the risk of dying on one has grown incredibly small.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Videos and photos posted online appeared to show the back of the tanker engulfed in flames and smoke and sinking.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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That’s after tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses suspended shipments via the strait on Saturday as a precautionary move.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Pentagon officials said they were killed in an unmanned aircraft attack on March 1 on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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These tests focused on strength, toughness, and the material’s ability to be shaped and formed into aircraft components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Once selected, the app books the entire multimodal trip, including an Uber Black car to the vertiport, the Joby air taxi flight, and another Uber pickup at the destination.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2026
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These rules are meant to prepare cities for flying cars, cargo aircraft and air taxi services.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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The airship is an example of a technology called high-altitude wind energy (HAWE), which is effectively a floating wind turbine or generator.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Liner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liner. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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