air-cushion vehicle

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Recent Examples of air-cushion vehicle That's what an air-cushion vehicle rides on. Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
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Noun
  • Hardware as varied as air-defense systems, radars, missiles and aircraft packed the grounds indoors and out.
    Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The carrier will operate the new flights on an Airbus A320 aircraft with room for 174 passengers.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In 1967: Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked allies on the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy research ship collecting intelligence near the Sinai Peninsula, amid the Six-Day War between Israel and neighboring Arab nations Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • In the late nineteenth century, for instance, France’s navy sought to counter British naval supremacy by investing heavily in submarines and torpedo boats.
    Julia Ciocca, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • In the world of air taxi development, Joby Aviation just landed a $500 million round of funding from Toyota last month, and completed an exhibition flight in Japan this week.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Other companies that are also betting on the nascent space include South Korean conglomerate Hanwha, which has backed U.S. air taxi developer Overair, and Chinese tech giant Tencent, which has invested in German rival Lilium.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • That helps account for the dutiful but often grim tone of the film, in which a pair of Navy men (Wayne, Robert Montgomery) try to convince the higher-ups that their small, maneuverable PT boats have a place in battles others believe will be dominated by larger vessels.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
  • Kennedy’s brother John led a PT boat in the South Pacific and his brother Joseph Jr. piloted a plane in Europe, where he was killed in action.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents.
    Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Explore Orlando’s wild side by checking out nearby freshwater springs like the ones at Wekiwa Springs State Park or taking an airboat tour with Spirit of the Swamp.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The list of activities continues with archery, horseback and pony riding, swamp buggy airboat rides, a pontoon cruise, a petting farm, and trap and skeet shooting.
    Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Russia is suspected in a plot to place incendiary devices in packages aboard cargo planes bound for the United States and other countries.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Lifestyle that they were seated in seats 13A and 13C on the plane.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But most of us have never seen a hovercraft in real life, and the vehicles haven’t had a big impact on our world.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Despite all the hard thinking, hovercraft have yet to catch on and are still rarely used for Arctic travel and research.
    Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024

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