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air

[air] / ɛər /








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"You're coming in blind? Is that what you said?" the air traffic controller asked.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

By air and land, firefighters are struggling to control the blaze amid a severe heatwave in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

During air raids, GPS jamming means phone navigation apps often don’t work properly, posing a problem for many taxi drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

This step is what brought us here, to Ponysaurus, filling out the online notice to the tune of a hissing compressor that kept clean air moving through the brewing system.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Baring his massive yellow teeth, he snapped at the air in front of Clare’s face.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

A total of 21 presenters, comedians, actors and musicians will try their hand at being traitors and faithfuls in the show, which airs on 1 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The US version runs for six weeks once a year, while the UK summer edition typically airs across eight weeks.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

“General Hospital,” which airs weekdays on ABC and streams on Hulu, is in its 64th year and stands as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

This will be corrected by the time the film actually airs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

But those penny-ante squares who came in there putting on their millionaires’ airs, the young ones and the old ones both, only annoyed me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“There are moments in politics, like in soccer, when you don’t have as many star players as you would like,” da Silva told a podcast aired on YouTube recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“The Pee-wee Herman Show” began at the Groundlings Theatre, moved to the Roxy Theatre on Sunset Boulevard and aired as a 1981 HBO special.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Lest you think my opinion is an outlier, here’s what my predecessor Heather Havrilesky had to say about it when it first aired:

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

By Sunday evening, the Wall Street Journal estimated that the ads had aired nearly 90 times across national TV networks and cost about $337,000.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the houses of the neighbors the subject that would lead all conversations for a long time to come was aired for the first time to see how it would go.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

“Extreme Makeover” had also been airing since 2002, showing ordinary men and women undergoing plastic surgery, receiving style makeovers and adopting fitness routines.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now the curtain is falling, with the final instalment - 70 Up - airing on ITV this Tuesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

CBS denied they stopped “The Late Show” from airing the interview, which was instead posted on the show’s YouTube page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

That interview also ended up airing on YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The scent is musty and close, as if it needs a good airing.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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