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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
Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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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
Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
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Besides Bombadier, other major aircraft manufacturers in Canada include De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, which makes turboprop planes and aircraft designed for maritime patrols and reconnaissance, and European aerospace giant Airbus.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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United provided regular service on its United Express flights between Carlsbad and Los Angeles from 1996 to 2016 with a 30-passenger turboprop aircraft.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The hearing also prompted an admission from the FAA that the air traffic control tower failed to warn the regional jet pilots of helicopter traffic in the immediate area.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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The flights will all be operated with 50-seat jets and will start between April 30 and May 7.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
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The ministry said the aircraft's crew enquired about winds and visibility with a local instructor before attempting to land.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The carrier is carrying a complement of strike aircraft, while the accompanying destroyers are armed with Tomahawk missiles.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2026
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An hour into the flight, the jetliner, which had 27 others onboard, exploded over the village of Srbska Kamenice, according to the Times.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Boeing's 787 aircraft is the only commercial jetliner that does not draw air through the aircraft's engine.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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According to Kratos, the Marine Corps’ Valkyrie CCA will be able to tackle multiple missions with its modular airframe.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of four repair plants in the United States, the Indianapolis location is the company's largest airframe facility in the country.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
29 Dec. 2025
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Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Eventually a team from TPWD arrived with a tanker truck to carry the fish back to the Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where all the Legacy Lunkers (largemouth bass weighing 14 pounds or more) are brought to carry on the state’s selective breeding program.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 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 5 Feb. 2026.
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