taxi
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As they compete to make flying cars a reality, air taxi companies Archer and Joby are involved in a complex legal battle that has spanned half a year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Umbu Ana allows his "ata" to earn a little money as a motorcycle taxi driver and to grow his own food on a small plot of land.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead of spending the money on a pricey establishing shot of the car driving on the 101, Wain inserts a brief vintage clip of a ’70s-era taxi, humming along the road.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Sharing an electric taxi back towards the city, a 45-minute drive from the edge of the sprawling port.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
That also means Mom took a taxi home from the airport on purpose, just to avoid the FBI.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Drivers and passengers of private cars, buses and taxies entering or exiting Changchun must present negative tests for the coronavirus taken within the past 48 hours.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
Did a similar trip a few years ago but took local jitney's, buses, trains, taxies, even a small plane.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
Shifting some of the load to third party services such as Uber, Lyft or taxies would help reduce some of the load placed on already-burdened emergency service providers.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2016
In Lagos, there were motorcycle taxies that could zip through the traffic jams.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2016
All the taxies were hired, all going downtown.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
It has promised to operate the taxis in Los Angeles in time for the 2028 Olympic Games, though some experts doubt how realistic that timeline is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
State and local governments, as well as federal regulators, are playing catch-up as autonomous taxis from companies like Alphabet-owned Waymo, Tesla and Amazon.com’s Zoox spread across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"In the UK, guests are more likely to spend that money on travel, hotels, taxis and other costs that come with attending," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
At its launch, fares are likely to be "pretty similar" to traditional taxis, he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
In fact, there was no one there at all, no people, no cars, no taxis.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
First, as the team charter taxied to the runway, a fuel pump alert came on in the cockpit, forcing the aircraft to return to its gate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
The last was in July 2023, when a colleague complained of an acrid or vomit-like smell and was struggling to breathe as their aircraft taxied down the runway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025
The plane was carrying 242 people as it taxied along the runway at Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
As Air Force Two taxied for takeoff bound for Germany, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way through the plane handing out heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Tibbets taxied the plane to the end of the runway.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
As their planes were taxiing, Trump announced that he would nominate Jay Clayton, a U.S. attorney and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, to the position permanently.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
India's aviation watchdog has launched an investigation after an Air India plane's engine sucked in a cargo container while taxiing at the Delhi airport.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Earlier Tuesday, an Ethiopian Airlines cargo aircraft went off the runway while taxiing coming to a standstill in the grass, the airport said in a statement, adding the incident was under investigation.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
The Swiss Air jet, carrying about 150 passengers, had just landed from Geneva and was taxiing when it veered off, the paper said.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
The Air Transport Auxiliary is how we manage with the RAF, ferrying planes and taxiing pilots.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
He had to jump out of the way as the "taxying" airplane bore down on him.
From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
And taxying to Teano's, I told him in a few words what a mess I'd made of things.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Out through the open doorway Reade sent the airplane "taxying" or running along the ground.
From Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops Dick Prescott at Grips with the Boche by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Bob had been taxying about slowly since landing, in order to keep the engine going and the propeller slowly revolving.
From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Breckenridge, Gerald
We were getting near the aerodrome, on which, to my great relief, a machine was "taxying" towards the hangars.
From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Bewsher, Paul
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