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propeller

[pruh-pel-er] / prəˈpɛl ər /
NOUN
blade
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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They also said its injuries indicated it had contact with a ship propeller and a fishing net.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The flagellum comprises more than 30 distinct parts, so similar to those of an outboard motor that biologists speak of the flagellum’s propeller, drive shaft and so forth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

People see it and think it is a joke, or they cannot believe that the propeller is the only means of propulsion, or they think it is meant to be a flying car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

She stood on the wheel of one of those World War One propeller planes, with a look of determination, as if fueled by miranium.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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