grounding
Example Sentences
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In the Philippines, local carriers Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific were offering refunds or rebooked tickets after grounding at least 40 domestic flights on Saturday.
From Barron's
The data could reveal the need for fast action, up to potentially grounding the Dreamliner fleet.
Often that means the death of a loved one, but sometimes it can be home — and with it, our grounding in the world.
From Los Angeles Times
"He manages to bring that sort of mayhem and that mischievousness but with a deep emotional grounding."
From Reuters
Humans can do little to shield ourselves from a direct solar storm hit, but we can prepare for them by altering satellite trajectories, grounding planes and identifying vulnerable infrastructure, Fang said.
From Scientific American
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