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Piloted by coach Yvonne Sturgeon, Corona del Mar won 21 games and pushed Sunset League rival Newport Harbor to overtime in the schools’ Battle of the Bay clash last September, led by quarterback Alexa Rokos.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

Piloted by remote control, or autonomously he thinks there will be demand particularly from the armed forces or emergency services.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

Piloted in 1994, it introduced Douglass students to the lives of eminent women through original writings.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2018

Piloted by Stan Sayres, the speed of 160.3235 mph betters the previous record of 141 mph set in 1939 in England.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2018

Piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Madan Khatri Chhetri of the Nepalese army, the olive-drab B2 Squirrel helicopter—stripped of all unnecessary fuel and equipment—made two passes, but on each occasion aborted at the last moment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer