Example Sentences

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Planes have to be located, then towed or taxied.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The plane was carrying 242 people as it taxied along the runway at Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

As Air Force Two taxied for takeoff bound for Germany, Vice President Kamala Harris made her way through the plane handing out heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cookies.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2024

The third person in the cockpit, Jeffrey Wagner, a relief pilot for the long international flight, said he was “heads down” and didn’t know where the plane was as it taxied on to the runway.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

As the plane taxied toward the operations tower where the family waited, a fuel truck sputtered into life by the hangar and rolled slowly toward the plane.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy