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drone

[drohn] / droʊn /




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In the summer and fall of 2025, an elite Russian drone unit known as Rubikon began conducting its own air interdiction campaign, targeting the Ukrainian rear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

The scale-up plan involves rolling out static facial recognition across central London and having drone coverage in every London borough in a year's time, the Met said in a press release.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

A new petition has been started asking the city to either move the fireworks launch site farther from bald eagle habitat or to consider alternative celebrations such as drone light shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

In the U.A.E., barrages of drone and missile attacks from Iran unsettled the country’s finances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

In time, the locust drone of the school board gave over to the mourning of doves in the eaves.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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