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Six example sentences with backwash, each labelled with its topic.
Ground crew waited for the backwash to die down before wheeling the stairs toward the little turboprop.
Travel
Early carrier decks were miserable places, with backwash flinging grit at anyone crossing behind a warming engine.
History
Shooting beside the runway, she braced the tripod because backwash from a taxiing plane shook every long exposure.
Photography
Drone pilots learn to expect backwash from the rotors, which flattens grass and kicks dust into the lens on landing.
Technology
The backwash from a propeller spirals as it moves back, striking the tail on one side and nudging the plane left.
Science
The crew hid the camera behind a mesh screen, because backwash from the biplane's propeller had already scratched one lens.
Movies
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