on the air
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“It is unusual to come on the air in a tuxedo, but this is a very unusual night,” he told viewers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said on the air that the network was “just reporting what we hear from reliable sources.”
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
It also states that the commission's role in overseeing content on the air waves was "very limited".
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
On CBS, there has been at least one Bruckheimer-produced series on the air every season for the last 26 years, spanning almost 1,800 episodes across 17 shows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
The smell of Biggs’s sweating body was on the air.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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