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Recent Examples of airliner
Yet, Luckey maintained that the secure zone of an airport and a commercial airliner are relatively safe environments.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Slated for publication on February 10, Cold Zero watches as a cutting-edge commercial airliner crash-lands near the North Pole, stranding survivors in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
A week earlier, on July 19, controllers at National Airport had tracked several unidentified blips, corroborated by Andrews, Bolling Air Force Base and a commercial pilot who reported bright lights pacing his airliner.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Gone are the days when an airliner would have a lounge or even a piano bar.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Slated for publication on February 10, Cold Zero watches as a cutting-edge commercial airliner crash-lands near the North Pole, stranding survivors in one of the most hostile environments on Earth.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
A week earlier, on July 19, controllers at National Airport had tracked several unidentified blips, corroborated by Andrews, Bolling Air Force Base and a commercial pilot who reported bright lights pacing his airliner.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Gone are the days when an airliner would have a lounge or even a piano bar.
—New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airliner
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This was, on its face, a minor achievement; after all, airplanes had been flying themselves for decades.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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For comparison, imagine an airplane passenger looking out the window and trying to identify neighborhood boundaries within a city below.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday morning, Russian planes dropped seven powerful glide bombs on Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, killing an 11-year-old girl and her mother, according to regional chief Vadym Filashkin.—
EMMA BURROWS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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The update introduces a unified control plane that ties together silicon, systems, optics, and software across on-premises and cloud environments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Kremlin said its aircraft reacted to a violation of a no-fly zone Russia has established in the area near Crimea.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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AutoFlight has unveiled Matrix, a five-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and completed a public full-transition flight at its low-altitude test center.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Replace your plastic curtain or liner about every six months.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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Jacqueline's lip liner six hours later Is the Summer Fridays Flushed Lip Stain worth it?—
Jacqueline Kilikita,
Refinery29,
5 Feb. 2026
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The demonstration was meant to highlight control and coordination, not the airframe itself.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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One of four repair plants in the United States, the Indianapolis location is the company's largest airframe facility in the country.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
29 Dec. 2025
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Iran seizes 2 ships on smuggling claims DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Beyond climate science, the researchers say the system could also improve safety and planning for ships operating in polar regions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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An hour into the flight, the jetliner, which had 27 others onboard, exploded over the village of Srbska Kamenice, according to the Times.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Boeing's 787 aircraft is the only commercial jetliner that does not draw air through the aircraft's engine.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airliner. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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