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radar

[rey-dahr] / ˈreɪ dɑr /
NOUN
radio detecting and ranging
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Just don’t expect to fly under the radar while you’re checking someone out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

And, yet, Afghanistan has fallen far under the world's radar.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Soon afterward, Doppler weather radar at Newark Airport briefly detected an elongated cloud of falling pebbles extending from Staten Island into New Jersey.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

The giant space rocks are generally monitored by optical sensors, as they are too far away for Chilbolton's radar dish to detect.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Would the chicken come home automatically at nightfall, like a homing pigeon or one of those movie dogs that walked a thousand miles by secret radar?

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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