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Recent Examples of airliner
The 787 Dreamliner was the first airliner to make extensive use of lithium ion batteries, which are lighter, recharge faster and can hold more energy than other types of batteries.
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Foster Klug, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Instead, authorities removed passengers from the airliner, canceled the flight and searched the plane with bomb-sniffing dogs, prosecutors said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
Interestingly, one report suggests that the global commercial airliner fleet will expand significantly over the next decade, from just over 29,000 aircraft worldwide currently to nearly 40,000 by the start of 2035.
—Yogi Tharanibalan, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Minutes after takeoff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two surface-to-air missiles at the civilian airliner, killing everyone aboard.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Foster Klug, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Instead, authorities removed passengers from the airliner, canceled the flight and searched the plane with bomb-sniffing dogs, prosecutors said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
Interestingly, one report suggests that the global commercial airliner fleet will expand significantly over the next decade, from just over 29,000 aircraft worldwide currently to nearly 40,000 by the start of 2035.
—Yogi Tharanibalan, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Minutes after takeoff, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two surface-to-air missiles at the civilian airliner, killing everyone aboard.
—Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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An airplane flies in the air, and there are two ways to get the internet to connect to such a place: from above or below.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
25 July 2025
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On Tuesday, July 22, an ultralight airplane piloted by 75-year-old Sergio Ravaglia crashed onto the pavement of Corda Molle in a hamlet in Azzano Mella, Brescia, before bursting into flames.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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In 1943: Operation Gomorrah began as British and U.S. planes bombed the city of Hamburg, Germany, day and night.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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Once the plane landed in Phoenix, Ed gave Perreault his business card but Perreault didn't have one to give him in return.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Radar altimeters measure the distance between an aircraft and the ground, while barometric altimeters use air pressure to estimate altitude.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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Several more sectoral tariffs may be introduced pending Section 232 Commerce Department investigations, such as on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, and commercial aircraft and engines.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Otherwise, most adult dogs don’t need a waterproof liner for their bed.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The Royals put 146 more balls in play than their opponents, and the pluses were in the right places, on flies (+68) and liners (+62).—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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This can be so severe that the US Civil Air Administration once built a chicken gun that used compressed air to fire bird carcasses at airframes to simulate avian impacts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 July 2025
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Through the use of a long, narrow airframe and canards, the X-59 is able to reduce the noise that reaches the ground from sonic booms generated as the aircraft crosses the speed of sound.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
20 May 2025
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Leading causes include ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement and ecosystem shifts driven by warming oceans.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The brand has worked on several high-profile legacy ship restoration projects, such as the Cynara, a 96-foot classic yacht built by Camper and Nicholson in 1927 that was expertly restored in Japan in 2021, reinforcing its anchor positioning in the classic sailing sector.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.—
Theo Burman
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The United States has officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government, and the Air Force has been tasked with upgrading it to be used as a new plane for President Trump, according to an Air Force spokesperson.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
21 May 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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