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Meanings of slipstream in English

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estela

The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.

        estela
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        Examples for "race"
        Examples for "race"
        1
        Therefore, race relations were again a priority issue-albeitin a different way.
        Feminist dot com
        2
        Jefferson said he would continue to support the race in future years.
        The Guardian
        3
        The race then is between change and the next crisis in Europe.
        Reuters
        4
        Popular films did, however, break into the best picture race last year.
        Reuters
        5
        He said he saw a threat of a new nuclear arms race.
        Reuters
        1
        When you do wash jeans, use cold water to help prevent shrinking.
        The South African
        2
        Use hot water and soap, and wash for a good 20 seconds.
        Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
        3
        But a good place to start is with the right acne wash.
        NY Magazine
        4
        Let it sit for five minutes and wash off in warm water.
        The South African
        5
        Good intentions and bad intentions wash together, pointless over so much time.
        The prince of frogtown
        1
        You don't want anyone you know to get caught in the backwash.
        Dead beat
        2
        They had not the air of the backwash of a conquering army.
        Greenmantle
        3
        There were two rowboats trolling outside the heavy backwash from the cliffs.
        Poor Man's Rock
        4
        The boy crawled into the darkness, vanishing with a backwash of wind.
        Circus of the Damned
        5
        The sensation was chilling; I tasted a metallic backwash in my mouth.
        The Council of Dads
        1
        This rapidly cools the incoming airstream in the blink of an eye.
        Reuters
        2
        News floated across the north-west airstream that Manchester City were ahead.
        The Guardian
        3
        She bared her teeth into the airstream, actually starting to enjoy the experience.
        The evolutionary void
        4
        So we are opening the parachute in a very slow-moving airstream.
        The new yorker
        5
        Or the blowout could have been caused by an airstream.
        Bare Bones
        Usage of slipstream in English
        1
        Pyrobolts fired, kicking the ejection seat out of the squid's blazing slipstream.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        2
        Audience habits are changing, and traditional broadcasters risk being left in the slipstream.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Contingency plans never expected the loss of all our slipstream-enabled ships.
        Envoy
        4
        It doesn't win many friends but they know everyone hides in their slipstream.
        A journey: my political life
        5
        Australia is caught in the slipstream of this new era of diminishing returns.
        Reuters
        6
        Better to follow in the slipstream of others than blaze your own trail.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Nearby buildings blurred together in a slipstream of brick and stone.
        The Naked God
        8
        The one that is being reborn in the slipstream of light.
        Grand junction
        9
        The effort threw her from the slipstream into the relatively calm surrounding waters.
        Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
        10
        The slipstream spun them beyond the railway sleepers, into a drift.
        Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
        11
        Victory rolls with the pilot's white silk scarf flapping jauntily in the slipstream.
        The Naked God
        12
        Twenty percent of the speed of light creates a hell of a slipstream.
        Hull zero three
        13
        Regional areas are often pulled along in the slipstream of improving capital city prices.
        News.com.au
        14
        With 15 minutes to play Waterford were in Tipperary's slipstream.
        The Irish Times
        15
        Louise turned towards the open window in order to catch some of the slipstream.
        Kennedy's brain
        16
        The balcony was shielded from the slipstream by the bowed surface of ultraclear glass.
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        Slipstream through the time
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