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plane

adjective as in level, horizontal

noun as in aircraft

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Two months later, she was put on a plane with her 8-year-old son, who just completed second grade.

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The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.

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Two-mile runway can accommodate military transport planes, surveillance aircraft and jet fighters.

The small plane crashed on the runway and the pilot, who was from the Leeds area, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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On other key issues, Beijing will now pause export controls it brought in last month on rare earth minerals - vital in the production of cars, planes and weapons - for a year.

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