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Recent Examples of tractor
That Super Hornet, along with the tow tractor that was pulling it, fell off the ship on April 28, the office of the Navy chief of information in Bahrain said in a statement.
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Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell into the Red Sea along with the tow tractor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This tractor has a bucket on the front that is designed to scoop heavy loads.
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—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
During the May geomagnetic storm, tractor company John Deere reported that some customers reliant on GPS for precision farming experienced a disruption.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
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Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell into the Red Sea along with the tow tractor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This tractor has a bucket on the front that is designed to scoop heavy loads.
Det.
—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
During the May geomagnetic storm, tractor company John Deere reported that some customers reliant on GPS for precision farming experienced a disruption.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
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However, the aircraft itself did suffer a lot of damage.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Police searched the Boeing 777 plane, which had about 339 passengers and 10 crewmembers, after the aircraft landed, according to an airline spokesperson.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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The stakes for air safety were made clear in January when an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
19 May 2025
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They'll be followed later by newer aircraft, including 50 Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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But now, the sight of American airplanes over Manila signaled a shift in the tide of war.—
Jeff Langholz,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Rogue Nation opens with Ethan dangling from an airplane and ups the intensity from there via a globe-trotting plot that takes Ethan from London to Vienna to Casablanca and back again.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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The ship's 147-foot masts, which were shining bright with decorative lights, couldn't clear the arched bridge and were sheared off upon impact.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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A number of commercials ships have rescued people in distress on smaller vessels in the last several years.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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Some contrails last long enough for other planes to fly by creating crisscrossing lines.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Why the Dodgers are using two planes on road trips this year May 23, 2025 Maybe on a night the Dodgers’ bullpen was fresh, Roberts could have considered summoning a lefty to face Soto once Gonsolin began floundering.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The Hindenburg crash effectively brought about the end of the commercial airship industry.—
John Otis,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The museum’s showstopper is the Gulliver Airship, a fantastic and imaginative 130-foot-long wood and steel zeppelin inspired by airships of the early twentieth century.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By studying the images, engineers can confirm and enhance the sonic-boom-deadening properties for the XB-1's airframe.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Pentagon bans on Chinese components don’t extend to parts like airframes, engines and batteries, but relying on them can still be risky.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Its data suggests the volume of crude oil and products, including refined fuels, in floating storage on tankers for seven days or longer has risen over the past month by 14% to more than 160 million barrels.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The tanker continued into the median, struck the median wall then continued west, approximately one-tenth of a mile, igniting on fire.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractor. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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