piloting

Example Sentences

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Two men have become the first to be jailed under a new law targeting people who risk the safety of others by piloting small boats across the Channel.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“We have watched this state become essentially unlivable for working-class people. And it makes me deeply angry,” he says while piloting his oyster boat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Noltemy says with a laugh that an additional project on Harding’s plate is to take the training for piloting the latest Air France transatlantic jets that fly between Paris and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Customers that have been piloting Amazon Supply Chain Services include consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble, which is using Amazon’s freight network to ship raw materials to production facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Ahmad was a ship captain, had been for thirty years, piloting tankers and ocean liners in every conceivable body of water, and he knew as much as anyone about storms, their trajectories and power.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers