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Recent Examples of tractor
Then, the pastures plateaued into farmland, with only a tractor or lone farmer breaking the flatness of the setting.
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Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Her videos teach a wide range of subjects including how to cultivate chili plants, drive a tractor and use modern technology.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Others joined Saturday morning on Quintana Road, near the site where 53 migrants died in 2022 after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
One person is dead following a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in Manchester on Thursday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
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Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Her videos teach a wide range of subjects including how to cultivate chili plants, drive a tractor and use modern technology.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Others joined Saturday morning on Quintana Road, near the site where 53 migrants died in 2022 after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Feb. 2026
One person is dead following a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in Manchester on Thursday.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
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Clark, a Harvard engineer who wrote his college thesis on electric aviation 25 years ago, hopes to get the certification needed for his aircraft to carry paying passengers by the end of next year.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The second aircraft landed safely.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Don Abelardo Rodriguez, son of the Mexican president, spotted this plot of land from helicopter and turned it into a private home and eventually the region's first resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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The unit has up to 2,400 troops and its command vessel, the USS Tripoli, carries a squadron of F-35 fighters, V-22 Ospreys and helicopters.—
Skylar Woodhouse,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Steve Davis, chief scientist at the Everglades Foundation, took a Miami Herald reporter in a small airplane over the wetlands last week.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 1952, John Madigan covered the first presidential campaign that used airplanes to move around the country.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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When Grace first awakens on his ship, the film cuts hectically around, above, and below him, as if to approximate his mental and physical disorientation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The aviation industry has been one of the Gulf countries’ most visible branding tools but, like the oil now unable to reach export markets, planes have been stranded assets during the war.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The war, which disrupted shipping via the world's most vital oil export route, has sent oil prices surging, upending global travel, pushing airline tickets on some routes sky-high, and sparking fears of a deep travel slump that could lead to widespread grounding of planes.—
Shivangi Lahiri,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 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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The airframe is currently scheduled to remain in service until at least 2050, and upgrade programs are constantly being delayed.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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With this in mind, engineers are always looking for things to toss out of an airframe.—
David Szondy
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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The tanker was sailing under the flag of the Comoros, an island nation off East Africa.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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For now, analysts say the world is watching the narrow strait to see whether tanker traffic will resume.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractor. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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