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Recent Examples of jetliner
The 106-foot-long jetliner can hold up to 78 passengers, depending on the seat configuration, according to a brochure from the company.
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
That comes on the heels of several high-profile aviation incidents in the United States — including a midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a military helicopter — as well as lingering quality control issues at Boeing.
—Bella Stoddart,monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Reagan National was the site of a midair collision between a regional jetliner and an Army helicopter last month that killed all 67 people on the two aircraft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
That comes on the heels of several high-profile aviation incidents in the United States — including a midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a military helicopter — as well as lingering quality control issues at Boeing.
—Bella Stoddart,monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Reagan National was the site of a midair collision between a regional jetliner and an Army helicopter last month that killed all 67 people on the two aircraft.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetliner
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The minerals are an essential part of everything from iPhones and electric vehicles to big-ticket weapons like F-35 fighter jets and missile systems.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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The Netherlands has provided key arms to Kyiv, including F-16 fighter jets.—
Mike Corder,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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The twin-engine turboprop aircraft was headed to Columbia County Airport in Hudson, about 15 miles northwest of Copake, the FAA said.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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The system has also been applied to higher-end jet and turboprops like the Piper M700 and Daher TBM.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
13 May 2025
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Russia is known to have placed tires on the wings of its aircraft throughout the war, trying to fend off Ukrainian drone attacks.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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But Earhart had actually stepped out of the rear of the aircraft, and a man whom Putnam had identified to the press as her mechanic could be seen sitting in the cockpit.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.—
Lidia Kurasinska,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 1986, a 520-foot freighter from South Korea scraped the underside of the bridge, destroying one of the ship’s radars.—
Joseph Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Two-thirds of the 155 that Boeing sold were configured as freighters, including the final one that left the factory in 2023.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
14 May 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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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
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President Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a $400-million luxury airliner from the gulf state’s royal family.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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At the end of the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese soldiers swarmed a Pan Am airliner to save themselves from the rapidly-advancing North Vietnamese army.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Jetliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetliner. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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