passenger
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A plane from Paris to Detroit was forced to divert to Canada after a passenger from the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the plane "in error", officials have said.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
China’s auto industry has faced slowing demand, with April passenger car retail sales falling 21.5% from a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"We arrived at the airport around 7am and they had just put up the closure. No one sort of knew what was going on," one passenger told ABC Radio Melbourne.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Running from the archipelago's capital Sri Vijayapuram in the north to the southern tip of Campbell Bay, the ferry serves as both a passenger and cargo ship linking the 836-island archipelago.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Alexandra Krivonogova, from the 125th Guards, flew passenger planes for twenty-five years and then became an air traffic controller.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing passenger
Greetings, World Traveler! — List 1
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for September 10–September 16, 2022
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