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Recent Examples of tractor
John Deere also uses AI in its latest self-driving tractors.
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
In fact, Reynolds, Lively, Vision’s Sloane and the NYT are all hoping to be cut loose from Baldoni’s legal tractor beam.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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.
—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
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Matt Alderton, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
In fact, Reynolds, Lively, Vision’s Sloane and the NYT are all hoping to be cut loose from Baldoni’s legal tractor beam.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
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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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Zelenskyy said that 34% of Russia's cruise missile-carrying aircraft were hit.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
2 June 2025
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The injured man, who was conscious at the time, was put into a harness and flown while attached to the helicopter with the 150-foot rope, Soukup said.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The soldier is American, while the helicopter belongs to the Royal Canadian Air Force.—
Gavin John,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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As Trump is relying on Qatar for hostage release talks and supplying him with a new presidential airplane, Stutzman said Doha cannot be trusted.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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More than half of travelers (52 percent) believed people should never fart on an airplane and should hold it in, with Americans (54 percent) more likely than Brits (47 percent) to agree.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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The Knight IEMs ship with high-quality 8-core OCC cable with OFC silver plating.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The currents in the East River are quite strong, and may have been one of the causes why the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this month.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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The appearance of Trump's name in the flight logs does not necessarily indicate wrongdoing, as many of the individuals named could have been on Epstein's plane for legitimate reasons.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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War planes fly over the international ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings June 6 on Utah Beach, Normandy.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The iconic Goodyear airships are taking a victory lap over the skies of an Ohio city this week.—
Rachel Reiff Ellis,
Fortune,
3 June 2025
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The New York Times May 3, 2025 Nearly 88 years ago, on the evening of May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg passenger airship met its fiery fate.—
John Otis,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The force of the blasts cut the plane’s control cables and damaged its airframe.—
Linda Dudik,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
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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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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 10 Jun. 2025.
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