How to Use by air in a Sentence

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  • The flag there will be moved by air forced out at the top of the pole.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps the best way to capture the beauty of the area is by air.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Most of them died on Oct. 7 when the attack by air, land and sea began.
    WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Overnight, the winds were too strong for planes and helicopters to help control the fire by air.
    Booth Moore, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Buenos Aires is less than two hours from Mendoza by air or about a 2.5-hour drive.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • In the wake of the fire, visitor arrivals by air to Maui dropped as much as 51.4 percent.
    Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
  • After this, the flight was cleared to land by air traffic control.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
  • That creates more voids, which too must be filled, this time by air sinking from above.
    Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Crews searched both by air and by sea without a single sighting of the person.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The Ukrainian statement did not say whether any of the missiles had been shot down by air defences.
    Fox News, 7 May 2024
  • Sometimes, the threats arrive by air, as when bales of lethal cattle chow are dropped into the fields.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
  • New York State Police also searched for the boy by air, police said.
    Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What took 10 days to accomplish on foot takes all of 15 minutes by air.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Make that popcorn even better by air popping with the push of a button.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Access to the falls, which occur in three waves, is only by air or a wilderness hike in the mountains.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024
  • Hundreds of firefighters are attacking the fire on the ground as well as by air.
    Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Surveys by air and sonar not long after the sinking found the wreckage of the ship, which appeared to have broken in two.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
  • Even your sleep can also be thrown off by air pollution.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • Arrival to the resort is by air into the town of Sumbawa Besar, then a 50 minute jetty ride from the harbor.
    Jennifer Lee, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said the drone was brought down by air defenses.
    David Rising, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Coast Guard worked closely with Canadian authorities to scour the area by air, sea and sonar.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • Officers returned by air and on foot Sunday morning and hiked about a half-mile to the skier.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At least 20 Shahed drones were destroyed by air defense forces in Kyiv in the latest attack.
    Susie Blann and Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • Some were transported by air, and some were transported by ground, the news release said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The trade group pointed to a survey finding that six in 10 Americans would cancel or avoid trips by air in the event of a shutdown.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There are no roads or trains between the island's towns, so the easiest way to get from one destination to the next is by air.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Whether by air, on land, or at sea, Virginia Beach is a destination for all ages and seasons.
    AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
  • To top it off, there is a helipad in the bow that can facilitate comings and goings by air.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Preserve rangers will conduct surveys by air and ground once the fire is extinguished to determine the full scope of the damage.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In effect, waging strategic warfare by air meant destroying cities—or at least large swaths of terrain.
    Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025

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