drones

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The plan to use the drones is a holdover from the 9/11 Commission Report, which recommended tighter security along borders with Mexico and Canada.

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  1. noun A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
  2. noun An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
  3. noun A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity” (Caroline Bates).
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  • So he couldn't understand why the drones were attacking us. —  FSF,September2004
  • One problem with killer drones is a posible future full of killer drones in sky day and night, keeping us 'safe' from the growing number of 'territs' that lurk among us, trying to avoid drones, and deploying drones in return. —  Think Progress
  • (Yes 45\%, No 55\%) - Do you think the drones are accurate in their strikes? —  The Acorn
  • Post-2020, according to these dreamers, drones will be able to fly and fight, discern enemies and incinerate them without human decision-making. —  MoJo Blogs and Articles
  • For all their high tech toys, surveillance satellites, drones, and night vision goggles, the US is facing an ignominious defeat in Afghanistan. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
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