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Words nearby RAF
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Rae,
Raeburn,
RAEC,
Raetic,
RAF,
raff,
raffee,
rafferty,
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How to use RAF in a sentence
The Queen sent her first email at an RAF base in 1976 and she made the first direct-dial trunk call from the UK in 1958.
The Crown Prince in waiting, Muqrin, is also a former fighter pilot and trained at RAF Cranwell.
He even took paternity leave from his role as an RAF rescue pilot.
When the RAF wanted reliable, soldier-proof helicopters, they bought Westland-built Sikorskys.
After the war Valerie married Peter Middleton, a wartime RAF flying ace.
Den I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz mighty well satisfied, en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud come along en make 'm rich agin.
Raf stared up at the sky in which stars were sprinkled like carelessly flung dust motes.
The com-tech was answering the question Raf had almost forgotten that he had asked the moment before.
Raf's eyes met Soriki's, and the com-tech's hand dropped to hook fingers in his belt within touching distance of his side arm.
Raf watched the muscles stand up on his slender arms as he exerted strength.
British Dictionary definitions for RAF
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Cultural definitions for RAF
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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