by air

idiom

: by flying in airplanes
travel by air

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Of those injured, two adults were taken to two different trauma centers by air ambulance and one child was transported to a children’s hospital, according to Lawrence Saindon, a superintendent for Peel Regional Paramedic Services. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025 The two other patients were taken by air ambulance to two different trauma centers in Toronto: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and St. Michael’s Hospital. Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025 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 Tuberculosis, spread by air, is not as contagious as COVID-19, and no risk of transmission exists unless people are exposed to an infected patient, especially in closed spaces or at close quarters, by breathing the same air. Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for by air 

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