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Environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe had sued the state and federal government for sidestepping federal environmental regulations when erecting the site in an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Of course, romanticism has never been Denis’ thing, and from the moment Leonie touches down at a tiny airstrip, the reality of where she’s landed becomes apparent.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2003, 21-year-old Katharine Lampman was fatally crushed under a moving art car, while plane crashes at the temporary airstrip and a truck rollover caused additional injuries.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
There are drug shipments via the Orinoco River and by air through clandestine airstrips, flights from Apure to Central America, and so on.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Of course, romanticism has never been Denis’ thing, and from the moment Leonie touches down at a tiny airstrip, the reality of where she’s landed becomes apparent.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2003, 21-year-old Katharine Lampman was fatally crushed under a moving art car, while plane crashes at the temporary airstrip and a truck rollover caused additional injuries.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
There are drug shipments via the Orinoco River and by air through clandestine airstrips, flights from Apure to Central America, and so on.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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