on the air
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On Friday a US official told Reuters that 12 US personnel had been wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian military attack on the air base.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 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
A few hours before the show went on the air, he saw a raft of new activity on Kalshi’s order book.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Colbert is under contract through May and has been kept on the air since the cancellation announcement last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Birds swooped just below me, playfully dipping and then rising on the air currents.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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