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- noun Plural form of
go-around .
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Examples
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ADAMS: There have been, in Elmore Leonard's time, a lot of go-arounds with Hollywood.
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In the case of Air India's low-fare unit, airline officials are expected to issue strict mandatory procedures for maintaining stabilized approaches and flying go-arounds, or maneuvers when pilots decide to break off an approach and climb away from a runway.
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If it ever manages to get up and stay up for more than a couple of go-arounds.
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In what the FAA calls "go-arounds," the diverted plane approaching Newark has to make a sharp right turn through the flight path of planes landing and taking off from an intersecting runway, allowing little margin for error.
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CHERNOFF (voice-over): In what the FAA calls go-arounds, the diverted plane has to avoid planes landing and taking off from the intersecting runway.
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ROBERTS: But, Senator, the last couple of go-arounds, you did vote against funding for the Iraq war.
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Since the whole party was already waiting to get to the front of the ride's line, it allows the group to enjoy the ride within two go-arounds of that ride and move on without endless waiting and negotiating who stays with the child too small for the ride.
Things that crack me up #43 Kay Olson 2008
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We flew over to a nice, but little used, airport about 15 miles away, and for the next hour plus, I made takeoffs and landings in all of the aircraft's various configurations, with a couple of go-arounds and one power-off approach thrown in for good measure.
June 11th, 2008 2008
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We've got to remind people, there's no go-arounds.
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There's no go-arounds, there's no second opportunity.
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