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Recent Examples of flight path
Traveling at a height of around 400 feet and a speed of 140 miles per hour at the time, the plane experienced a sudden loss of altitude just as a Black Hawk Army Helicopter crossed directly into its flight path, not far from Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is low, its presence in flight paths could still pose a big enough risk that routes will need to be altered — inconveniencing passengers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The Mercury News reported that the San Carlos Airport — which along near flight paths for San Francisco International Airport — was about to lose all its air traffic controllers due to a contract dispute between the workers and Robinson.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
Just a day before the fatal collision, another flight approaching Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its first landing and go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path, CNN has learned.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is low, its presence in flight paths could still pose a big enough risk that routes will need to be altered — inconveniencing passengers.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
The Mercury News reported that the San Carlos Airport — which along near flight paths for San Francisco International Airport — was about to lose all its air traffic controllers due to a contract dispute between the workers and Robinson.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
Just a day before the fatal collision, another flight approaching Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its first landing and go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path, CNN has learned.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flight path
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The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and are expected to burn up on reentry.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Beane spoke to the upward trajectory Milano played with late in the year, before giving a vote of confidence to the longtime starter for the upcoming year.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Some of the 3-point surge, though, has been driven by individual players simply developing new ways to take shots from beyond the arc.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Dixon is 24 years old, playing his fifth season at Villanova, and leads all of Division I in scoring at 22.9 points per game while shooting 41.8% from beyond the arc.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
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Trump has stated that his interest in purchasing—or even taking over—the Danish territory was driven by the frequent passage of Russian and Chinese merchant vessels and warships through Arctic routes close to Greenland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Durham said Caro Quintero and his associates pioneered drug trafficking routes through Colombia, Mexico and into the United States, building one of the most significant drug organizations in the world that trafficked heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The controller then directed the Mesa plane onto a path that risked a collision, triggering cockpit alarms in both planes.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead of adding controls that employees bypass, design security that works with human nature—make secure paths feel faster than workarounds and use AI to suggest natural access levels.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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But to exempt them, state legislators would need find them in the thicket of Medicaid programs and pathways, and the staff who know this landscape may soon be gone.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Hydrogen mobility is also experiencing a shift, as biogas-to-hydrogen pathways become economically viable.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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That track is one example of how Lisa shines brightest in the moments when her sturdy, yet winsome singing takes center stage.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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So many lion tracks were as bad as none at all and far more confusing.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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If all goes according to plan, Super Heavy will nestle into the launch tower's inviting arms once again, and Ship will fly much of the way around Earth before making a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The sudden plea change was, in some ways, characteristic of Crimo whose behavior has been erratic since his arrest in connection with the mass shooting.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Flight path.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flight%20path. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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