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- verb Present participle of
taxi . - noun The movement of
aircraft on the ground in readiness fortakeoff or afterlanding
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Examples
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But as the planetary idiom spreads, we may well be taxiing in that direction.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But as the planetary idiom spreads, we may well be taxiing in that direction.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Some guy would be running from her, taxiing quickly to another club.
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A Boeing 777 is scheduled to land at JFK; it touches down according to plan and as it begins taxiing to the terminal it suddenly shuts down, all lights go out, no communication coming from the plane.
“The Strain” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (William Morrow, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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The wing tip of one of its flagship A380 superjumbos clipped a building during taxiing.
Airbus Revs Up New Engine Matthew Curtin 2011
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That makes the areas around gates cramped, forcing planes to spend more time taxiing than they otherwise would.
La Guardia Terminal Update Sought Andrew Grossman 2012
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April 2011: Wing of taxiing Air France A380 superjumbo jet smashes into tail of Comair commuter jet at Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The New Frontier in Air Safety Andy Pasztor 2011
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Tara paused, staring through the glass at a plane taxiing down the runway.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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The taxiing aircraft smashed into some brickwork after lurching to avoid Dad as he inattentively wheeled a bicycle across the airfield.
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At Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro, while waiting for the plane to start taxiing for take off, I glanced at the next plane over and was surprised to read on the engine that it was powered by biofuel.
Astrid Caldas: Sustainability Is in the Air Astrid Caldas 2012
fbharjo commented on the word taxiing
this can be taxing
March 29, 2008