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Recent Examples of supersonic
But this is the year the FAA will once again open the door to supersonics.
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 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
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 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
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
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In addition to the port attack, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces also hit the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara region—a facility within the Rosneft system that produces jet fuel and other materials critical to the Russian military.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Aviva, who was operating the jet ski at the time, remains hospitalized, reported WTVJ.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.—
Michael Boyd,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The result was the first flight of a light turboprop in 1969 called the Bandeirante, and Embraer was born.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2025
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The deal will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before the crashes, according to court papers filed Friday.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.—
Theo Burman
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Future efforts to meet its obligations may include selling certain aircraft, real estate and excess airport gate capacity, Spirit stated in SEC documents.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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One million or more spectators are expected along the lakefront Aug. 16-17 to watch demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team and a variety of other civilian and military aircraft.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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