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Recent Examples of supersonic
But this is the year the FAA will once again open the door to supersonics.
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
Simply put, not enough passengers could afford to fly supersonic.
—Jeff Wise, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
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Parts of a plane are lifted from the Potomac River near the wreckage site of the midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Crews lift first pieces of wreckage from Potomac River Salvage crews on Tuesday continue removing wreckage from the Potomac River after the collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter killed 67 people in the deadliest air disaster in more than two decades.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Dec. 2024
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The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet on Thursday around 2:30 p.m., Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Crews were still working on recovering the single-engine turboprop plane.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The first aircraft was a Kenya Airways jetliner with 144 police officers aboard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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The news came Tuesday as crews worked to try to recover the cockpit and other parts of the jetliner from the Potomac River.—
Serkan Gurbuz,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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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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The aircraft in the collision were not invisible to radar.—
Matthew L. Wald,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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