Sentence examples for commandeered over from inspiring English sources

The plane on a fight from Thailand to Kuwait had been commandeered over the southern Arabian Gulf and forced to land at Iran's Mashhad airport, where it apparently took on a load of extra hijackers, weapons and ammunition.

Apparently reflecting the content of that telephone conversation, White House spokesman Larry Speakes told reporters, "He (Berri) is the key to it; he has control over the situation". Syria was an immediate possibility as a third party and was publicly mentioned as early as June 18, four days after TWA Flight 847 was violently commandeered over the Mediterranean by two radical Shia Muslim gunmen.

Though Olympians and athletes have been commandeering it over the summer, visitors can book sessions and camps to try it – though details will only be released in the new year.

The finding, reported in the 15 June Current Biology, highlights how the genetic hard-wiring for one trait can be commandeered to create another over evolutionary time.

Berga said that when Oslo's Delta unit arrived at the pier across from Utoeya its leaders commandeered recreational boats to cross over.

Wetherill's city of stone, Childs reminds us, was quickly commandeered by a Swedish archaeologist who, over the objections of outraged locals, shipped crates of Anasazi artifacts to Europe.

Who is this person who's taken over my body and commandeered my phone to send that e-mail?

An ultralight aircraft called the Kitty Hawk Flyer has been unveiled in a YouTube video that shows it zipping over a lake while commandeered by a single rider.

Pretending he wanted a flying lesson, he commandeered a small plane in Thailand, flew over Ho Chi Minh City and scattered thousands of tiny leaflets calling for a popular uprising.

Even more impressive than West's salary, or her age when she commandeered Hollywood, was the control she held over her career.

Independent initiatives may be commandeered or stifled, either by taking them over or setting up a government-controlled organisation with a similar name and purpose – a practice known in Yemen as cloning.