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Recent Examples of airliner
There were 135 passengers and seven crew onboard the airliner.
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Such levels would be high enough to power a regional passenger airliner with multiple motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
The Dream Chaser is designed to deliver cargo and eventually people to orbit, landing as gently as a commercial airliner.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
At least four Korean conglomerates have announced deals and investment plans worth tens of billions of dollars, such as plans by the country’s top airliner Korean Air to spend $50 billion on aircraft and engine orders from Boeing and others.
—Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Such levels would be high enough to power a regional passenger airliner with multiple motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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Wheel wells are a common spot for stowaways to enter airplanes, and nearly 80% don’t survive the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Your search for the perfect airplane outfit ends here.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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The German army had fewer men, guns, tanks, and planes than France’s defenders.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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While most of us on the plane were in this same unexpected predicament, a passenger nearby didn't seem to be sharing in our misery thanks to a compact gadget propped up their phone to the perfect viewing height.—
Anita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Following demonstrations over living conditions in which army members joined protests, Rajoelina was evacuated from the country aboard a French Army CASA aircraft, after a deal was struck with French President Emmanuel Macron, Reuters reported, citing French media.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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In all, 43 aircraft will be reconfigured, with the first expected to enter service this month and the rest expected to be completed early next year, according to the airline, which adds that that's less than a third of its narrowbody fleet and includes former Swoop, Lynx and Sunwing planes.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The same thing happened just a few years ago when the dark-liner-clear-gloss lip combo, a look that’s been worn for decades by the Black, Latine, and Afro-Latine communities, exploded in mainstream popularity.—
Sofía Viera,
Allure,
10 Oct. 2025
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After prepping your lips for the product (see above), experts recommend tracing the outline of your lips with a lip liner.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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These lightweight screens add to the smooth, streamlined design of the laminar-flow airframe, engineered to minimize drag and improve fuel efficiency.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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Depending on mission requirements, the modular airframe can scale from Group 3 systems, weighing 56 and 1,320 pounds, to Group 4 and 5 classes exceeding 1,320 pounds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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That history includes the 1947 Texas City disaster, when a ship carrying ammonium nitrate exploded and killed nearly 600 people, and the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, which killed 15 people.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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She’s invited on the ship to take a break from the hard-hitting stories that have shaken her up.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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Two notable episodes include the Trump Organization striking a deal in April to develop a golf resort in Qatar, the first such foreign deal since Trump took office a second time in January, and Trump's acceptance of a luxury jetliner gifted by Qatar in May.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, the pilots need to be proficient at air-to-air refueling, a difficult task with a plane the size of a commercial jetliner like the E-3.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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