air rage

noun

Definition of air ragenext
as in road rage

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Recent Examples of air rage From yelling at crew members to fighting fellow passengers, airline crew have to deal with incidents of air rage each year. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 There’s road rage, air rage, gas rage and now, coming to South Florida, World Cup ticket rage. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026 Alcohol use and nicotine withdrawal Alcohol is a dominant precipitant of air rage incidents. — Milad Haghani, CNN Money, 6 June 2025 Airlines have had plenty of warnings, from the drunken passenger who defecated on a meal cart to the epidemic of air rage during the pandemic. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for air rage
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  1. road rage
  2. pet
  3. heat
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  • Continue reading … BAD MEDICINE – Doctor accused of shooting two young sisters in violent road rage clash.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Friday, a 27-year-old man shot to death outside NYCHA’s Pink Houses in East New York in what cops are investigating as a possible road rage clash when he was murdered, his family told an Indian news outlet.
    — Barry Paddock, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of road rage
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  • The county also has a litany of cooling centers that residents can take their families and pets to for relief from the the heat.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • How Flor made her way from the north side of Chicago all the way to Gary remains a mystery, but Ratkowski said the reunion is a good reminder of why to always microchip your pet.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pet
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  • The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The system can be transported using conventional equipment and can use liquid or air cooling, while its thermal output can also provide process heat.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of heat

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