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pilot

[pahy-luht] / ˈpaɪ lət /


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Jacob Elordi stars as the lead character, Hig, a former mechanic turned pilot, who spends his days flying over Colorado with his dog Jasper, searching for a better life.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Both times it was attempted, the hand tally produced a significant undercount, prompting officials to cancel the pilot, Larson said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

With public financing, they developed a pilot program to collect the runoff at a retired coal mine in Mount Storm.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

With a little fine-tuning, a model can pilot a robot in the real world as if it were a character in a videogame.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

That night, in a cottage near the launch pad, a twenty-seven-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin lay still in a wooden bunk, pretending to be asleep.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The pair clocked off around an hour before their shift was due to end, the newspaper said citing sources, leaving the control tower short-staffed before the crash that killed two pilots.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Clint Johnson, the chief for the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska region, said there had been two pilots and six passengers on board, CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The view changes as the ship’s pilots deftly navigate worlds — or at least try to — like the metropolis of Coruscant and the deserts of Tatooine.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Iran accused Qatar of holding three of its air force pilots prisoner, deepening a mystery that dates back to the beginning of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

But in the morning when the pilots came running out to their aircraft, none of the planes had been damaged by the sharp cold.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Looking out to 2030, viability "remains extremely limited and mainly only concerns raw materials", Eve Barre, an economist who piloted the Coface study, said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Archer got its start one year earlier, aiming to bring piloted air taxis to the mass market.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Silden’s goggles gave him a bird’s-eye view of the terrain as he piloted the drone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Valentina Grizodubova, who’d piloted the Rodina on its record-breaking flight, was one of these.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Manas Yuk, an 18-year-old Sudanese national, was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention after piloting a boat carrying 81 people - including a number of children - just days prior.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

A teenager charged over a small boat Channel crossing was allegedly piloting a "mega dinghy" carrying a record 165 migrants from France to England, the National Crime Agency has said.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The European Commission is piloting an age-verification app to verify whether users are over 18 to access restricted online content.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is piloting a program to pay companies and providers—including those offering mental-health-focused AI chatbots, like Headspace—modest set rates tied to health outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The shuttle trembles, a sign that back on the ship, Crick’s hand piloting us remotely is doing the same.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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