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Recent Examples of tractor
Defining the dream From pickup trucks and lawn tractor ads to the labeling of undocumented immigrant children as Dreamers, references to the American Dream in contemporary life are ubiquitous.
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Mark Robert Rank, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
One person was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in East Hartford on Saturday morning, according to the Connecticut State Police.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
The driver of the tractor-trailer was also taken to New York Presbyterian with minor injuries.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
The driver of the tractor-trailer, who was not injured, stopped at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Mark Robert Rank, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
One person was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 84 in East Hartford on Saturday morning, according to the Connecticut State Police.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
The driver of the tractor-trailer was also taken to New York Presbyterian with minor injuries.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
The driver of the tractor-trailer, who was not injured, stopped at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
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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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The event was put on hold for several minutes as medical professionals tended to Vonn and waited for a helicopter to carry her off the mountain.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Prince William once landed a helicopter on the grounds.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
7 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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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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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 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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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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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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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractor. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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