How to Use planeload in a Sentence

planeload

noun
  • One planeload of dogs was destined for shelters around the state.
    — Ricardo Arduengo, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Customs closed, planeloads of people stuck on flights that already landed.
    — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Reuters reported the first planeload of supplies was from China.
    — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Soon, specialized rescue crews were arriving by the planeload.
    — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Iran responded by sending planeloads of food and allowing Qatar airways to fly over its land.
    — Allen Fromherz / Made By History, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • China is now sending planeloads of protective gear and doctors to Europe.
    — Adam Geller, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Watch the video below to see Xavier celebrating his graduation with a planeload of strangers.
    — Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • The first planeload of Israeli tourists arrived in Dubai in early November.
    — Sam Sokol, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Video of a planeload of people watching the shootout on their screens and erupting in applause at the moment of victory was widely viewed online.
    — Molly Hunter, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Each planeload of cocaine was worth more than $20 million once offloaded in Belgium or the Netherlands.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Eight days later, a planeload of passengers in Japan had to barrel out of a 787 on emergency slides.
    — Sam Walker, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
  • In recent weeks, Beijing has sent planeloads of masks and medical equipment to Islamabad.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The meeting came a day ahead of the first American planeload expected to arrive in Pakistan with supplies.
    — Munir Ahmed, ajc, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Salesforce recently sent a planeload of supplies to India to help with the Covid-19 outbreaks there.
    — Lauren Weber, WSJ, 11 May 2021
  • On Monday, two full planeloads arrived in Miami with passengers who hours before had no other choice but to get on a bus and pray.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Alaskans by the planeload land daily in Hawaii, a popular destination during the darkest, coldest months here.
    — Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Nov. 2011
  • Volunteers readied makeshift shelters — every school, gym, community center, church and camp, any place that could fit a planeload of people.
    — Katharine Lackey, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
  • At the airport in La Lima, Honduras, planeloads of people arrive every day—many without their children.
    — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • Librandi, part of the latest planeload of like-minded volunteers, was young, untrained and eager to make a difference in the face of devastation.
    — Elizabeth Germino, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Rather than the 7% or so fee investment banks may charge for flying planeloads of investment bankers around the world, companies like Slack can simply hold a webinar.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 19 June 2019
  • On a previous mission in neighboring Congo, Doty says, a planeload of supplies didn’t arrive until the second-to-last day.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
  • With production deadlines blown, the company was forced to rip out assembly lines and rush six planeloads of German robots at eye-watering expense to make up for delays.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 24 July 2019
  • The country’s president, Aleksandr Vučić, stood in chilly winds with the Chinese ambassador to welcome the first planeload of supplies.
    — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Models such as the Iranian Shahed-136, which Russia bought by the planeload, are capable of one-way, kamikaze-style attacks.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Costa Rica received two planeloads of 200 deportees from the United States and sent them to detention centers.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
  • On Friday, the first planeload arrived from the US , which Washington says is part of an upcoming $30 million in assistance.
    — Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Trump has railed against unfavorable judicial rulings and in one case called for the impeachment of a federal judge in Washington who ordered planeloads of deported immigrants to be turned around.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • If you have been separated from friends and family for too long by the never-ending Covid-19 pandemic and have a planeload of spare cash, VistaJet has a solution.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Which means right about now, the island is buzzing with thousands of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) and affably amateur Brits are arriving by the planeload.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The last hearing was held in late February, in part because of the complication of trying to manage the quarantining of a planeload of court personnel who commute from across the United States to each hearing.
    — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020

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