refueling stop
Example Sentences
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It was a 19-hour journey from Mumbai to San Francisco with a two-hour refueling stop in Kolkata.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025
After a refueling stop at an Air Force base in Maryland, the president landed in Los Angeles around dawn Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2024
Although his diplomacy accompanied a refueling stop en route to the continent, Mr. Blinken’s visit to the tiny island more than 400 miles off Senegal’s west coast helped to signal U.S. interest in Africa’s welfare.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
After a refueling stop in Germany, Biden touched down in eastern Poland, where he boarded an overnight train to Kyiv.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2023
It was a refueling stop for the jet liners and space freighters bound for the outer planets, and for those returning to Earth.
From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis