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Recent Examples of turbojet
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.
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
Noun
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Guests can explore the region by scenic flight in a Twin Otter turboprop or a ride in a Tucker, which looks like a Sunkist orange snow tank.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
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United used a 30-passenger turboprop for the flights, which ceased when the company switched to new jets that needed a longer runway.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When the jet is streaming rapidly, planetary waves ripple along quickly in the atmosphere, bringing fronts with more frequent changes in the weather, Rutz said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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JetBlue increased the fees as airlines maneuver to cover their rising jet fuel costs, which have soared since the Iran war began.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Witnesses saw the aircraft flying low, then take a steep right turn before crashing into the building about six miles south of the airport in Lantana, according to the report.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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Alex Souponetsky, the general manager of Fly Legacy Aviation, told CBS News Philadelphia in a statement that a Piper Pilot 100i training aircraft's engine lost power over the Delaware River on Wednesday.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, the United States accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The aircraft involved is a 20-year-old airframe, registered as N813NW.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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The four-engine jets, based on the Boeing 707 commercial airframe carry a flight crew of four, plus 13 to 19 mission specialists, a number that can fluctuate depending on the specific assignment involved, according to the Air Force.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The tanker is believed to have carried approximately 9,000 gallons of gasoline during the crash.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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In 1990, a tanker ship ran over its own anchor; a quarter century later, a pipeline on land ruptured, sending a river of oil straight to the sea.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.—
Jennifer Leman,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Feb. 2022
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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbojet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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