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airplane

noun as in vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air

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Bloomberg reported Monday that traders were booking cargo slots on airplanes to fly physical silver to London and exploit the disparity.

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The seeds for “The Orchid Thief” came to her on an airplane, where she found a day-old copy of the Miami Herald in the seat pocket.

During the refueling, the person in 12B said he and another passenger explained their situation to the airplane’s captain, and asked if there was any way to speed up the plane.

They were not informed they were being deported until they were already onboard the airplane, lawyers for each of them told AFP.

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Recently two staff members watching on monitors tracked the flight path of a small airplane flying itself above northern California, about 40 miles away.

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