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Recent Examples of tractor
That Super Hornet, along with the tow tractor that was pulling it, fell off the ship on April 28, the office of the Navy chief of information in Bahrain said in a statement.
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Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell into the Red Sea along with the tow tractor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This tractor has a bucket on the front that is designed to scoop heavy loads.
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—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
During the May geomagnetic storm, tractor company John Deere reported that some customers reliant on GPS for precision farming experienced a disruption.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
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Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2025
The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell into the Red Sea along with the tow tractor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
This tractor has a bucket on the front that is designed to scoop heavy loads.
Det.
—Susan Mallie, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
During the May geomagnetic storm, tractor company John Deere reported that some customers reliant on GPS for precision farming experienced a disruption.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tractor
Noun
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However, the aircraft itself did suffer a lot of damage.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Police searched the Boeing 777 plane, which had about 339 passengers and 10 crewmembers, after the aircraft landed, according to an airline spokesperson.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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The soldier is American, while the helicopter belongs to the Royal Canadian Air Force.—
Gavin John,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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The injured man, who was conscious at the time, was put into a harness and flown while attached to the helicopter with the 150-foot rope, Soukup said.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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But now, the sight of American airplanes over Manila signaled a shift in the tide of war.—
Jeff Langholz,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Families of victims of Boing 737 Max crashes are speaking out after the Justice Department reached a deal Friday that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The Knight IEMs ship with high-quality 8-core OCC cable with OFC silver plating.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The currents in the East River are quite strong, and may have been one of the causes why the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this month.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Some contrails last long enough for other planes to fly by creating crisscrossing lines.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Why the Dodgers are using two planes on road trips this year May 23, 2025 Maybe on a night the Dodgers’ bullpen was fresh, Roberts could have considered summoning a lefty to face Soto once Gonsolin began floundering.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The Hindenburg crash effectively brought about the end of the commercial airship industry.—
John Otis,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The museum’s showstopper is the Gulliver Airship, a fantastic and imaginative 130-foot-long wood and steel zeppelin inspired by airships of the early twentieth century.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By studying the images, engineers can confirm and enhance the sonic-boom-deadening properties for the XB-1's airframe.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Pentagon bans on Chinese components don’t extend to parts like airframes, engines and batteries, but relying on them can still be risky.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Its data suggests the volume of crude oil and products, including refined fuels, in floating storage on tankers for seven days or longer has risen over the past month by 14% to more than 160 million barrels.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The tanker continued into the median, struck the median wall then continued west, approximately one-tenth of a mile, igniting on fire.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tractor. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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