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Recent Examples of turbojet
The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
—Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For a humanoid robot whose weight is larger than 15 kg, turbojets might be considered.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
Noun
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Its recorded output of 1,000 hp is also impressive, as that is roughly equivalent to a small turboprop aircraft engine.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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HansJet’s fleet of single-engine turboprop PC-12 aircraft trades flash for access.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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State-of-the-art drones, and the technology needed to intercept them, have become as important to national weapons arsenals as missiles, Patriot systems, fighter jets, and warships.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and food prices are all on the upswing — big time.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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With that extension comes a shift in how the aircraft will be used.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Her Jenny aircraft turned over, dropping Coleman out of the aircraft at about 2,000 feet.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2008, the crew of a jetliner landing in Rome faced a similar situation as the Jeju crew and made a similar decision, conducting a go-around to try to avoid a flock of starlings.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The real showstopper here is the jetliner vistas from the rooftop pool and terrace, with views that stretched to the ocean.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
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The vertical stabilizer has been removed to increase the stealth of the airframe by reducing the radar signature across both high- and low-frequency bands.—
David Szondy
April 21,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2026
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While commercial sales declined, the company secured a contract to develop an airborne early warning and control system (AWACS) using the older 707 airframe.—
John Pacenti,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The tanker had departed from the port of Berbera and was heading to the Somali capital of Mogadishu when it was intercepted, a colonel with the Puntland Maritime Police Force told The Associated Press.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday, the Hoehne Fire Protection District shared a video of an air tanker assisting in the suppression efforts.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.—
Jennifer Leman,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Feb. 2022
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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbojet. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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