become airborne
Example Sentences
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The weather can change that balance as the heavier the aircraft, the more gravity pushes it down to Earth and it needs a greater lift to become airborne.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
But, she said, it’s clear that there are microplastics in biosolids, and she’s not surprised some could become airborne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2024
The researchers say this work highlights an underappreciated way that microplastics could become airborne.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
As the clothing ages and the chemicals in the surface treatment breakdown, the chemicals may become airborne.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 million tons of American topsoil had become airborne in that single storm.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
