jumbo
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The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Based on the latest mortgage-application data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, the average rate on a 30-year jumbo loan was 8 basis points lower than a conventional loan’s rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet, which democratized air travel in the 1970s, was only possible thanks to powerful jet engines developed in the 1960s for the massive C-5 military transport plane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Brownback also likes the nonagency MBS market, which includes the jumbo home loans too large for Fannie and Freddie to package into securities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Basically, S’meggs was an egg attached to jumbo marshmallows and sticks and even bars of chocolate.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Rakesh Reddy told AFP that seven jumbos were killed, and one elephant sustained an injury.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
It will hold 25% more volume than Boeing’s existing freighter and is emerging as an heir to the plane-maker’s humpbacked 747 jumbos that have hauled goods across the North Pacific for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
The airline also expects to bring five of its A380 super jumbos back into service by the middle of next year to meet high demand for flights to Los Angeles and London.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2021
Lewinsky told her official biographer that Tripp had the jumbos because she wanted to appear loyal to the administration.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
All my cousins would gather in the courtyard between my house and Geoffrey’s house to kick the soccer ball—made from plastic shopping bags we called jumbos, which we then bound in twine.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
