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‘A plane may bank.’

[⟨the plane.n⟩ bank.v]

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In Wikipedia:

During the final flare to land, the plane banked on its right, landed hard on its right main gear and the no. 3 engine touched the runway.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I remember standing in front of the television and watching in horror as the second plane banked and flew into the second tower.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The plane banked and I realised I was looking in completely the wrong direction and we were coming in from the south.
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In Wikipedia:

The plane, apparently damaged by the flak, then banked sharply and disappeared in the ship’s smokescreen.
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In Wikipedia:

Soon the plane banked past a 45 – degree angle (steeper than it was designed for).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Outside the scene shifted as the plane banked and the bright desert sunlight cut across the richly appointed cabin.
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In Wikipedia:

As the plane banked left onto its final approach, the starboard wing tore off between # 3 and # 4 engine, and the P – 3B tumbled into the sea with no survivors.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Outside the scene shifted as the plane banked and the bright desert sunlight cut across the richly appointed cabin.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Notice the aileron (at the kink in the centre) displaced slightly upwards – this wing is tilting downwards and the plane is banking left.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Hundreds more remained alive but trapped.” [page 285] “At 9:03:11, the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 hit 2 WTC (the South Tower) from the south, crashing through the 77th to 85th floors. What had been the largest and most complicated rescue operation in city history instantly doubled in magnitude. The plane banked as it hit the building, leaving portions of the building undamaged on impact floors.
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In the British National Corpus:

The plane banked, and he pressed his face against the cold window.
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In the British National Corpus:

Mitch leaned forward and yelled into the count’s ear and instantly the small plane banked and screamed downwards like a stone from a catapult.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.