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Recent Examples of supersonic
The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
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David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
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Brian Handwerk,
Smithsonian,
11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
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Alex Prewitt,
SI.com,
27 Feb. 2018
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David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
—
Brian Handwerk,
Smithsonian,
11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—
Alex Prewitt,
SI.com,
27 Feb. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
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Water jets sprayed mist onto the crowd of mourners, who mostly wore black, with temperatures set to reach 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a forecast from the UK’s Met Office.
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Over in the geopolitical front, fresh escalating tensions draw concern as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, prompting Poland to scramble jets while Finland restricted airspace.
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But then the development of modern high-bypass turbofan jet engines that are 75% quieter than 1960s-technology turbojets eliminated much of the controversy.
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Incorporating a turbojet complicates the drone’s design and introduces supply chain vulnerabilities.
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The single-engine turboprop plane was built in 2010, according to FAA records.
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The low-wing, single-engine turboprop plane was not able to make it to full power, according to officials with the Bates County Emergency Management Agency.
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As expected, the ship—wider than and nearly as long a Boeing 777 jetliner—tipped over and exploded in a fireball, putting an exclamation point on V3’s trip halfway around the world from the Texas Gulf Coast.
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No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.
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FireSat will help incident commanders get better information more quickly, and, unlike fire-spotting aircraft, the satellites can linger over a fire for days or weeks and aren’t hampered by high winds or smoke.
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New York Harbor will host an international Parade of Sail featuring dozens of tall ships and more than 100 military aircraft in an aerial review.
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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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