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But at a press conference on the day after the first planeload of migrants landed last month, the country’s president dodged, reassuring the public that the migrants were only passing through Panama on their way elsewhere.
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Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
In the six months following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, for example, Moscow flew nearly 4,000 planeloads of weapons and supplies into Afghanistan to help the government fight the mujahideen.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2021
But even after that planeload arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, on Tuesday, passengers were caught up in long and tedious inspections at airports in Florida.
—Simón Posada, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The visa sanctions issued by the State Department, and enhanced inspections from Customs and Border Protection, will remain in effect until the first planeload of Colombian deportees is successfully returned.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
In the six months following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, for example, Moscow flew nearly 4,000 planeloads of weapons and supplies into Afghanistan to help the government fight the mujahideen.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2021
But even after that planeload arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, on Tuesday, passengers were caught up in long and tedious inspections at airports in Florida.
—Simón Posada, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The visa sanctions issued by the State Department, and enhanced inspections from Customs and Border Protection, will remain in effect until the first planeload of Colombian deportees is successfully returned.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Planeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planeload. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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