Before landing on an aircraft carrier, planes jettison any remaining fuel. From LearnThat.org.
Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2002] Reference
"But," I asked, "do not the men object to this kind of jettison?". From Wordnik.com. [Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life] Reference
Obviously Spansion is bullish about their business going forward although they've shrunk it kind of jettison the mobile market. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
'unseen hand' was at work to 'jettison' the truth in the sensational case. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Online - Express Indian] Reference
Indeed, IBM is the latest to jettison its pension plan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2006] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... jettison of the external fume tank. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
They embraced rather than jettison former detective Mark Fuhrman. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
They're realizing like that's something they'll have to jettison. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
"To jettison your pastor, it's like being abandoned all over again.". From Wordnik.com. [On His Own] Reference
Do the study's findings mean you should jettison your air conditioning?. From Wordnik.com. [Is there a link between central air conditioning and chronic disease? A new study hints at one] Reference
And they have to jettison the public option and work the private markets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009] Reference
If we don't jettison the old failed ways of doing things, we're finished. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2008] Reference
Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs even to gain the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2007] Reference
They've got to jettison even some small things to get the toilet pump into space. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2008] Reference
Inevitably, Ethiopian Jews will have to jettison many of their ancient traditions. From Wordnik.com. [Swing Low, Sweet Chariot] Reference
When the hijackers asked him to jettison the bodies, Zarabozo claimed, he complied. From Wordnik.com. [Lost at Sea] Reference
And that could possibly cause the fuel tank to jettison or the engines to quit early. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2006] Reference
And thus far, they haven't indicated that they're willing to jettison the status quo. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2006] Reference
People keep saying, "Steven, you are going to have to jettison a film if you want to win!". From Wordnik.com. [Pass Me An Oscar] Reference
Most girls jettison their boyfriends for the club season, though they still discreetly party. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound Of The Fury] Reference
This approach requires both sides to jettison the paradigms that have coalesced over a century. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen P. Cohen: To End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, We Must Confront Its Soft Issues] Reference
Those school models that aren't performing, we're going to jettison, we're going to close down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2003] Reference
He thought believers should be just as willing to jettison their beliefs in response to evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeliever's Quest] Reference
It plans to jettison its traditional Aaa-type ratings, and instead rate them on a scale from MF1+ to MF4. From Wordnik.com. [Despite New Rules, Money Funds Add Risk] Reference
Both the party and the country need a leader who will not jettison the political legitimacy won by Tony Blair. From Wordnik.com. [David Miliband is the man best placed for leadership] Reference
To make headway, he plans to jettison the baggage that Vodafone accumulated over more than a decade of expansion. From Wordnik.com. [Vodafone's Chief Pushes] Reference
If one were to jettison the monarchy, government, Parliament, the nation and the commonwealth would be turned upside down. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Monarchy Must Stay] Reference
Yet it's a funny thing: like anyone halfway sensible, I've managed to jettison almost everything that I held dear 30 years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Monarchy Must Go] Reference
Gallipoli; and not a hundred yards of trench is ever abandoned without the jettison of about a hundred pounds 'worth of equipment. From Wordnik.com. [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference
We can't daylight -- we can't get daylight through main engine cutoff and tank jettison except in the spring, summer and early fall. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2006] Reference
Even Martha Stewart's lawyer got in on the act, asking a federal judge, in vain, to jettison the guidelines in sentencing his client. From Wordnik.com. [READING BETWEEN THE SENTENCES] Reference
"Has the time not arrived," he asked, "to jettison JONAH, in view of the fact that nobody seems willing to swallow him but the whale?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference
Apparently all it took was his tough re-election campaign to jettison that principle and declare that the cruel idea is worth considering. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: The Summer of Hate] Reference
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