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Recent Examples of liner
The Queen Mary 2 is briefly back in Los Angeles for the first time in two decades, and the luxury ocean liner took time to cruise by its namesake in Long Beach before docking.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
In a statement, the White House immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller suggested that CBP—overseen by Noem’s department—might not have been following proper protocol, and that the initial assessment from DHS about the incident was based on reports from CBP on the ground.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
The sweet shop used cardboard as a liner in the one-door display cooler and on the pallet storing dry goods for sale.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In many ways a template for modern romantic comedies, the film has Stanwyck playing a sharp con artist looking to hustle Fonda’s naïve, wealthy herpetologist while on an ocean liner.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
In a statement, the White House immigration hard-liner Stephen Miller suggested that CBP—overseen by Noem’s department—might not have been following proper protocol, and that the initial assessment from DHS about the incident was based on reports from CBP on the ground.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
The sweet shop used cardboard as a liner in the one-door display cooler and on the pallet storing dry goods for sale.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
In many ways a template for modern romantic comedies, the film has Stanwyck playing a sharp con artist looking to hustle Fonda’s naïve, wealthy herpetologist while on an ocean liner.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for liner
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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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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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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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Sixty-four passengers and crew of the airliner traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington were moments from touchdown when the plane collided with the Black Hawk helicopter and its crew of three.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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The 747-8 is the final iteration of the legendary 747, the world’s first wide-body airliner.—
Clive Irving,
Vanity Fair,
30 Jan. 2026
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The fire started when a gasoline tanker truck making a delivery in the alley behind the plant started leaking.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Joel Zlotnik, a spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority, which runs those Express Lanes, said the CHP, a fire department or Caltrans notifies his agency when an official diversion onto the Express Lanes occurs — think major collision or a tanker spilling its cargo.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
6 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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These rules are meant to prepare cities for flying cars, cargo aircraft and air taxi services.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Port San Antonio’s vision to create an air taxi hub of the future is gaining momentum with the help of a Boeing company based in Austin.—
Brandon Lingle,
San Antonio Express-News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The airship is an example of a technology called high-altitude wind energy (HAWE), which is effectively a floating wind turbine or generator.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Jan. 2026
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The first transcontinental flight of an airship, the Navy’s enormous USS Shenandoah, terminated, rather precariously, at North Island’s Rockwell Field the following year.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Liner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liner. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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