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midair

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as in sky

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Recent Examples of midair There has been increased attention to airspace shared between helicopters and planes since last year’s midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Mysterio tried to dive back into the ring with a springboard, but Gable countered with a fisherman’s suplex in midair for a pinfall attempt. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The Federal Aviation Administration took steps to ensure that helicopters and airplanes would no longer share the same airspace around Reagan National Airport shortly after the investigation into last year's midair collision began. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 On Sunday, two helicopters tackling the Western Attica fire collided in midair, killing two crew members. — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for midair

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The site, built in the 1950s as part of an early-warning network against a potential Soviet attack, now monitors the skies off Alaska’s coast in the direction of Russia, North Korea and China.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
As the weather begins to cool and the corn stalks reach for the sky, farms begin planning for their annual corn maze adventures.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

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While far off its 2008 highs, BlackBerry's share price has doubled this year as investors reward the company's strategy to focus on critical software for cars and secure communications.

— Arjun Kharpal,Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Seemingly divergent policies from the US Federal Reserve and Treasury will be a key focus at a gathering of global central bankers, with bond yields nearing record highs and little respite on the horizon from dizzying global government debt levels.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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