Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at america-bound.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word America-bound.

Examples

  • British Muslims, thwarted in their plot to blow up America-bound airplanes in mid-air, are certain to try again.

    Seth Swirsky: Thank You, Mr. President 2008

  • It would be more than nice to know, before one of them turns into a real president this November, what they will do – or more importantly, will never do – to stop what those eight jihadists sitting in the high-security Woolwich Crown Court in London planned for seven America-bound airliners over the Atlantic Ocean.

    The Airline Bomb Plot 2008

  • Among the proposals: a requirement that all international airlines submit their lists of America-bound passengers to the United States before or during boarding.

    Fortress America 2007

  • According to The Daily Mail, “MI5 agents secretly infiltrated a bomb factory and found liquid explosives and detonators weeks before they foiled the plot to blow up America-bound passenger jets flying from British airports.”

    Pakistani-Based U.S. Proxy Linked to Liquid Explosive Plot 2007

  • But first, joining me here in London, Dan Rivers with the latest on the massive plot foiled last week to blow up America-bound jetliners in flight, Dan, what is the latest?

    CNN Transcript Aug 14, 2006 2006

  • The west wind is hopeful; it has promise and adventure in it, and is, except to Atlantic voyagers America-bound, the best wind that ever blew.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • About a century after Bermudez found it, 150 America-bound

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • About a century after Bermudez found it, 150 America-bound

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • He was rowed out to a ship (called, almost unbearably, the James), kidnapped and America-bound.

    Culture | guardian.co.uk Jon Henley 2010

  • Second, it means that Shahzad really has been talking -- almost certainly tipping us that there are more America-bound terror trainees out there (or already here) and letting us fit together important pieces of the intelligence puzzle.

    No More Mister Nice Blog 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.