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- noun Plural form of
planeload .
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Examples
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In an effort to restore the ecological balance, they flew in planeloads of cats to kill the rats.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy - now facing his own, self-provoked May '68 remix in the streets over his pension reform - tried to seduce (once again) the National Front by expelling planeloads of Romanian gypsies.
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If there's trouble, get in line or online early to rebook or find a hotel room before planeloads of other people.
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On Tuesday, France sent two planeloads of medical equipment and staff to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, which is controlled by rebels.
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In a city that Israeli Gen. Moshe Dayan coveted as a strategic prize, overlooking the Straits of Tiran at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, thousands of Egyptians now earned a living catering to planeloads of European and American vacationers.
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The Turkish leader was accompanied by half a dozen cabinet ministers and two planeloads of businessmen and journalists.
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Donovan did not have an exact count of how many Kuomintang soldiers were hidden in the jungle—he had been given estimates ranging from 1,200 to 20,000—but he now had the miserable job of flying out the bandits in planeloads of several dozen to several hundred.
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In a city that Israeli Gen. Moshe Dayan coveted as a strategic prize, overlooking the Straits of Tiran at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, thousands of Egyptians now earned a living catering to planeloads of European and American vacationers.
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But of the 18 planeloads from Qatar, only five were sent through this NTC-approved channel, say people familiar with the situation.
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In a city that Israeli Gen. Moshe Dayan coveted as a strategic prize, overlooking the Straits of Tiran at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, thousands of Egyptians now earned a living catering to planeloads of European and American vacationers.
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