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Recent Examples of flyboy
This Korean War flyboy drama was largely passed over at TIFF, but an Audience Award at the Middleburg Film Festival put it back on pundits’ radars.
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Brawn and brains, flyboy and nerd, working together to take out the baddies.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
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Vulture, 18 Nov. 2022
Brawn and brains, flyboy and nerd, working together to take out the baddies.
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2010
Starring Jonathan Majors as Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in Navy history, and Powell as his flyboy friend Tom Hudner, Devotion, based on the bestselling book of the same name, opened with $9 million over the holiday weekend.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
So with all that, why the optimism now for Tom Cruise’s flyboy movie?
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyboy
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Soon, each engineer will have their own copilots or digital twins to take on monotonous tasks and give them the freedom to pursue work that requires more creativity, innovation and interactivity.Sudhir Chaturvedi, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Future The future of AI copilots in enterprise software is full of opportunities.Ravi Laudya, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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California Emergency evacuation alert sent in error to large number of Los Angeles residents 1 hour ago Drone pilots can apply for waivers to fly in the restricted airspace, but the FAA said no such waivers had been granted as of Thursday afternoon.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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In Russia’s war on Ukraine, both sides are making deadly use of small, inexpensive quadcopters loaded with explosives that are crashed into targets by pilots using first-person view goggles.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The test pilots were to originally spend eight days aboard the ISS in June, but this grew to eight months after NASA decided to bring Boeing's faulty Starliner capsule back to Earth without a crew in September.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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One of my test pilot school classmates, Josh Kutryk, was selected to the Canadian astronaut program.Jim Clash, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors were tasked with convincing a jury that the defendant had kidnapped and killed the young son of star aviator Charles Lindbergh.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Wilmore also retired from the Navy as a captain, recording over 8,000 flight hours as a naval aviator.Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Bodies of sailors, soldiers and airmen were thrown into the water, some burned beyond recognition, others left floating in the oily sea.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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The service currently grants waivers for airmen and guardians who grow beard for religious reasons, including Sikh, Jewish, Muslim and Norse Heathen people.Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Flyboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyboy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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