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Recent Examples of air-cushion vehicle
That's what an air-cushion vehicle rides on.
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Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for air-cushion vehicle
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From Belize City, a short, 15-minute flight on small aircraft from local carriers Tropic Air or Maya Island Air connect travelers to San Pedro Airport (SPR).—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Feb. 2025
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After the accident, FAA air traffic controllers cleared additional airspace over the debris zone for more than an hour, rerouting, diverting, and delaying dozens of commercial aircraft.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
1 Feb. 2025
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In 1967: Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked allies on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy research ship collecting intelligence near the Sinai Peninsula, amid the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab nations Egypt, Syria and Jordan.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
7 June 2024
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In the late nineteenth century, for instance, France’s navy sought to counter British naval supremacy by investing heavily in submarines and torpedo boats.—
Julia Ciocca,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Apr. 2021
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Electric air taxi startup Joby Aviation has landed a $500 million investment from Toyota in a deal that will also involve further collaboration on manufacturing.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
2 Oct. 2024
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Joby Aviation plans to launch air taxi services connecting JFK Airport to Manhattan, while Uber, in partnership with Joby, is targeting electric air taxi rollouts in New York City and Los Angeles in 2025.—
Sarwant Singh,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 May 2024
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Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2023
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When told a small plane flown by a South Vietnamese fighter pilot with his wife and 5-year-old son requested to land, Chambers ignored orders and told his crew to push helicopters off his ship to clear room for the plane.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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China has increasingly sent armed coast guard ships to the waters near the Philippines to reinforce its territorial claims with law enforcement patrols, ramming maneuvers, and water cannons, as well as the use of high-power lasers against Philippine vessels.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, were filmed holding hands at the Reading Festival in England.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
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Del Rey, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, reportedly tied the knot during a backyard ceremony in Louisiana on Sept. 26, according to Page Six.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
3 Oct. 2024
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On Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Mr. Trump suggested Congress should fund a completely new air traffic control system, in the wake of last week's Black Hawk helicopter-commercial plane midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The passenger plane was at an elevation of 325 feet and was cleared to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport.—
Taylor Fishman,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2025
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This kart racing game took some big swings, with the ability to drive a car, hovercraft, or airplane, a story mode, and some fantastic multiplayer modes.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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The group also deployed a hovercraft to Nashville and a K-9 search unit is en route.—
Tyler Palmateer,
The Tennessean,
20 Mar. 2024
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“Air-cushion vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-cushion%20vehicle. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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