airplane

Example Sentences

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The Chargers essentially lived on an airplane last season, traveling more miles than any other NFL team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

It helps car and airplane tires withstand enormous stress, keeps industrial machinery running, and appears in everything from medical devices to garden hoses.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

He declined to give the number of airplane orders, saying only it was “a big number.”

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

If the histories of oil prices and airplane ticket costs are any indications, he’s right.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

On the long flight back to Washington, D.C., he stood in the back of his windowless military airplane, arguing about the situation with Bob Komer, one of President Johnson’s aides on Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin