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Recent Examples of midair
When the veteran shortstop made a spinning midair throw to Toro for the first out of the ninth, the crowd roared.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
Tests in London and Singapore could reveal whether AI can improve the safety of air travel
On January 29 a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
Authorities were notified of a midair collision in an area just south of Steinbach shortly before 9 a.m. RCMP, fire crews, and emergency medical services responded to the scene and located the wreckage of two small single-engine aircraft.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
In a statement after the Jan. 29 midair collision over D.C., Doggett grieved those lost in that plane crash and outlined similar issues Austin is facing.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025
Tests in London and Singapore could reveal whether AI can improve the safety of air travel
On January 29 a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with an American Airlines passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.
—Adrienne Bernhard, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
Authorities were notified of a midair collision in an area just south of Steinbach shortly before 9 a.m. RCMP, fire crews, and emergency medical services responded to the scene and located the wreckage of two small single-engine aircraft.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
In a statement after the Jan. 29 midair collision over D.C., Doggett grieved those lost in that plane crash and outlined similar issues Austin is facing.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midair
Noun
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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With the moon lost in the glare of the sun, the night sky will be moonless.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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At a time when Medicaid and Medicare popularity is at all-time high, the new tax bill was found to be somewhat unfavorable throughout the county, according to a KFF study, suggesting the federal health programs could have a rocky future as public opinion and policy decision clash.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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Temecula has a Mediterranean climate, marked by hot, dry summers with daytime highs often in the 90s°F and cooler evenings thanks to marine air inflows.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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“Midair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midair. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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