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flying machine

NOUN
early aircraft
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Yet in some ways, Pivotal’s technology is even more audacious, in that it puts a human pilot—potentially a squirmy, Earth-hugging rookie like me—squarely into the control loop of a flying machine.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

And reams on new Australian athletics sprint sensation, the 17-year-old flying machine, Gout Gout.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

Last year, that slot was occupied by the lean, mean flying machine “Plane,” starring Gerard Butler.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2024

Even Orville and Wilbur Wright flipped a coin to see who got the lone seat on their flying machine.

From Washington Times Oct. 19, 2023

The group picked up their pace and arrived in the Square to find that a crowd had already gathered, the people gawking up at the flying machine as if it were a mythical beast.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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