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Recent Examples of tractor
Possum Town, 1 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8: The community’s longstanding annual parade draws antique vehicles, tractors and even lawn mowers along with floats and some emergency response vehicles.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 29 Nov. 2024
Growing up in South Africa, Carter had a sense of adventure from an early age, driving tractors and motorbikes on his family’s farm and enjoying spending time in the bush.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
But it could also be integrated into a slightly wider ebike motor unit as a one-piece variable speed drive unit, or stuck into a wind turbine generator, or a car, truck, tractor, snowmobile, industrial machine, whatever.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
What’s shocking is the vulnerability that the actor shows you as he gets pulled into a relationship destined to destroy him as if guided by a tractor beam.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 29 Nov. 2024
Growing up in South Africa, Carter had a sense of adventure from an early age, driving tractors and motorbikes on his family’s farm and enjoying spending time in the bush.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
But it could also be integrated into a slightly wider ebike motor unit as a one-piece variable speed drive unit, or stuck into a wind turbine generator, or a car, truck, tractor, snowmobile, industrial machine, whatever.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2024
What’s shocking is the vulnerability that the actor shows you as he gets pulled into a relationship destined to destroy him as if guided by a tractor beam.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
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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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Other factors, such as the helicopter's altitude and whether the crew was using night vision goggles, are still under investigation.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The collision of a regional jet and military helicopter near Reagan National Airport killed 67 people in all, everyone aboard the two aircraft.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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These are some of the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading: Boeing — The airplane maker slipped 1.3% after preliminary fourth-quarter financial results reflected ongoing struggles.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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More than 10,400 refugees around the globe who had been approved for travel to the United States suddenly found their entry denied, their airplane tickets worthless.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The ship was sailing between St. Petersburg and Murmansk in Russia, police said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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China has increasingly sent armed coast guard ships to the waters near the Philippines to reinforce its territorial claims with law enforcement patrols, ramming maneuvers, and water cannons, as well as the use of high-power lasers against Philippine vessels.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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On Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Mr. Trump suggested Congress should fund a completely new air traffic control system, in the wake of last week's Black Hawk helicopter-commercial plane midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images The remains of all 67 people who died in a midair collision last week between an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered, officials said.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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Goodyear says the prize also includes a $3,000 voucher for travel and accommodations to one of Goodyear’s three U.S. airship bases.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
1 Jan. 2025
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Kidnapped, she will be carried to the airship and open it to the rest of her party.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Jan. 2025
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Labor accounts for most of the cost of airframe maintenance, so airlines in wealthier countries often send that work to countries where wages are lower.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, China is developing different fighter jet airframe models at a rapid pace, as opposed to the more integrated and modular approach adopted by the West.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters were dispatched to the area just before 2 p.m. local time and were trying to slow its spread with the help of air tankers and helicopters, said Capt. Robert Johnson of Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency.—
Orlando Mayorquín,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractor. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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