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midair
[ mid-air ]
noun
- any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
to catch a ball in midair.
midair
/ ˌɪˈɛə /
noun
- some point above ground level, in the air
- ( as modifier )
a midair collision of aircraft
Idioms and Phrases
see under leave hanging .Example Sentences
A pilot’s biggest fear is a midair collision, said Martin O’Loughlin, the president and chief operating officer of Cornerstone Aviation, an FAA-authorized flight school in Utah.
Jan. 29, 67 people were killed after a commercial jetliner and Army helicopter collided midair near Washington D.C.
An American Airlines passenger jet collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., at roughly 9 p.m. on Thursday night, sending both aircraft into the Potomac River.
Army helicopter collided in midair with the full-capacity passenger jet as it descended in Arlington, Virginia.
One misconception, for instance, is that his storytelling is largely improvised, as if his actors conjure scenes from midair once the camera starts rolling.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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