passenger

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Recent Examples of passenger Private jets are widely known to be bad for the environment, with the European advocacy group, Transport and Environment, reporting in 2021 that private planes are five to 14 times as polluting as commercial planes on a per passenger basis, and 50 times as polluting as trains. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 June 2025 Israel instantly closed the airports and moved passenger jets to safety in other countries. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025 About 45 minutes after takeoff, passengers began feeling some light turbulence, which got to the point where the plane was consistently experiencing 10 to 15 foot drops in the sky — which lasted for three hours, Spencer says. Susan Young, People.com, 25 June 2025 The charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee during which Abrego Garcia was driving a vehicle with nine passengers. Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for passenger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passenger
traveler
Noun
  • If the pattern holds, travelers could soon be marking their calendars for the tiger shark aggregation on Okaloosa Island.
    Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The nightmare comes as travelers gear up for the holiday weekend.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025

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“Passenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passenger. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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