jet
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Beyond supplying components to weapons platforms such as the F-35 jet fighter, Denmark has little defense industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
With a theatrical flourish, Vance descended from the steps of Air Force Two, the vice presidential jet, and received a rapturous reception as he entered the event in a flag-draped airport hangar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Dani said that sparked their interest to start researching and meeting other families who had decided to jet off.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Over a period of days and weeks this can work its way down through the atmosphere influencing our jet stream, causing it to weaken, become more bendy or reverse.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
My research helped uncover the fact that the plane had flown perpendicularly across the path of a jet that had just gone by.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Noem was summoned before Congress over those scandals and others, including her alleged misuse of government funds on television advertisements and private luxury jets.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some of the earliest dustups date back to the 1990s, when voters rejected a ballot measure to widen the runway to accommodate jumbo jets, such as Boeing 737s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Musk could buy about 11,000 F-35 fighter jets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, a Saudi-led military coalition said its fighter jets had destroyed more than 300 "high-value" targets in strikes supporting the offensive.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
High over the beautiful countryside, passenger jets crisscrossed the sky, leaving white contrails behind them.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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He jetted around to receive a lateral, just as he had done for Aurich on so many Fridays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
As they jetted away from San Francisco International Airport later that night, he said, “I guess I’m not a Beatle anymore.”
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Usually, Boro's players would have jetted off on holiday.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
They’d jetted in on separate planes, lest one go down.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Instantly, a white sheet of wind jetted out of the thermos and propelled us sideways, turning our downward plummet into a forty-five-degree crash landing.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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More recently, technology executives have racked up the mileage jetting to Capitol Hill to speak on the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But this September, they'll take a major step up - jetting off to support Olivia Rodrigo on the first 18 arena dates of her world tour.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Had he made that announcement a few hours earlier, maybe Congress could have passed some sort of brief extension before jetting off.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of their opening T20 World Cup match against Ireland in Colombo on Wednesday after being struck in the groin during training, with Steve Smith jetting in as cover.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Milton had been jetting around during the two weeks, checking on his Hercules franchises, but on the Friday preceding the appointment he flew back to New York.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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