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hangar

[hang-er] / ˈhæŋ ər /
NOUN
large storage building
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Miya Ando, an artist who was permitted to come in person to select her piece of steel for a London memorial, remembers a sense of holiness within the hangar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The company said the £60m public-private investment package would be used to design and build a second hangar and two more launchpads.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Before launch, teams will transport the encapsulated Roman observatory to SpaceX's hangar at Launch Pad 39A.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

We’d seen nearly every stage of production — from “grass to glass,” as McAfee called it — when he parked his truck next to the hangar that houses his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Og had arranged for Aech’s RV to be stored in a nearby hangar, but it had been her home for many years, and I could tell she was nervous about leaving it behind.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

They also gain control of several airbases in the area, most crucially on Perim, where the Emirates spent years ferrying construction supplies to build out a roughly 6,000-foot runway along with three hangars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Iran also targeted U.S. aircraft hangars and satellite communications systems in Kuwait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The milestone, made possible by billions in private and government funding, was on display in the middle of the Idaho desert, where a cluster of drab hangars might otherwise go unnoticed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Transportation construction spending, as the government defines it, refers to structures used for transportation, such as airport hangars, bus terminals, railroad tracks and marinas.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Was she not supposed to know that Mrs. Sterling’s husband collected custom cars and antique planes, and had hundreds of them stashed in garages and hangars all over the city?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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