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Recent Examples of trimotor
The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
—Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
—Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trimotor
Noun
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As previously teased, the big stunt for this entry will involve Cruise hanging outside of a functioning 1930s biplane, shots of which are also seen in the teaser.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2025
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The previous trailer showed Ethan searching an underwater submarine for The Entity and hanging off the wings of a biplane.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
Noun
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Tourist vessels now chug up and down the channel in between the islands, which was once so empty that Bill and Melinda Gates could land their seaplane slap-bang in the middle.—
Mary Holland,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
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Only accessible by boat or seaplane, the park is roughly 99 percent open water (really!), vibrantly blue, and filled with stunning coral reefs.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Today, high-tech sonic buoys, gliders, tags, and towed arrays are also used widely in non-military research.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
12 Feb. 2025
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The fly in the deep sea ointment is powering the gliders.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2022
Noun
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As rain never arrived, amphibians failed to become active and emerge from underground.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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Situated near the Florida-Georgia line, the refuge provides is home to a variety of sportfish, along with waterfowl, deer, black bears, and an abundance of alligators and other amphibians.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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O'Toole is overseeing the legal battle over Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The jacket also included precise trim tape detailing, redefining the classic bomber silhouette.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
19 July 2024
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Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.—
Michael Auslin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Feb. 2016
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“Trimotor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimotor. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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