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Recent Examples of biplane
Campbell has more than 20,000 flight hours, from biplanes to the giant Boeing 777.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Check out the first trailer below for shots of Cruise clinging onto a speeding biplane, sneaking through a busy square in London, and having a fistfight on board a sinking submarine.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
During filming in England, he was seen dangling from an upside-down biplane — because of course.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Tom Cruise was spotted holding onto the wings of an upside-down flying biplane, which suggests this installment will feature just as many jaw-dropping stunts as usual for the series.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Check out the first trailer below for shots of Cruise clinging onto a speeding biplane, sneaking through a busy square in London, and having a fistfight on board a sinking submarine.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
During filming in England, he was seen dangling from an upside-down biplane — because of course.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Tom Cruise was spotted holding onto the wings of an upside-down flying biplane, which suggests this installment will feature just as many jaw-dropping stunts as usual for the series.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biplane
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
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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
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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