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Spy balloons: Real danger or just hot air? | Learn English expression 'blown off course'
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How to Be Blown Off Course
In the physical world we would most often use this in the sky or in the water. So you would use course when there is no set road or path. Modern commercial airplanes don't get blown off course because they have lots of GPS and navigation equipment that help keep them on their flight path. But wind can affect a smaller airplane or anything else that doesn't have much control over its direction.
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