airplane
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"He had had been in an airplane and had a turn because his heart medication wasn't working," says Dominic.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
That is 100,000 times faster than a commercial airplane, or more than eight percent of the speed of light, making it the fastest star ever detected in our galaxy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lean your chest forward while extending the other leg behind you like an airplane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That you don’t want to be accepting fancy pens or, like, gorgeous gold earrings or an airplane, which wasn’t invented yet.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was a new model airplane, I knew right away.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The gap in the market is a consequence of designing airplanes around a cylindrical cabin and having to choose between a bigger- or a smaller-diameter tube, O’Leary said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The total company backlog, which rose to a record $715 billion, included over 6,200 commercial airplanes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The infants were probably exposed to measles “during international travel, whether in airports, airplanes or otherwise while abroad,” the state Department of Public Health told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We literally thought of and designed and flew the airplanes in a space of about six or eight weeks,” said British aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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