planeload
Americannoun
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The planeload of migrants deported from the US to El Salvador is scheduled to arrive in Maiquetía, Venezuela later on Friday.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
But the presence of a planeload of business leaders accompanying Mr. Macron underscored how the visit was always as much about signing commercial deals as coaxing Mr. Xi to help end the war.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
Meanwhile, Thailand sent three ministers to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to welcome the country’s first planeload of Chinese tourists in years, in a bid to revive inbound tourism.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
But few caught the public’s attention as much as that of Tareq Hadhad, who was aboard the third planeload of Syrians to land in Canada, and his family.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2022
We'll have a planeload of geophysicists down here in a few days to get all the scientific data possible out of this event.
From The Flaming Mountain by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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