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Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu welcomes Trump on the tarmac this morning.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Denver actually beat its opponents to the tarmac.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
As the evening continued, delays mounted as flights were cleared to land but planes waiting to take off were stuck on the tarmac.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu welcomes Trump on the tarmac this morning.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Denver actually beat its opponents to the tarmac.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
As the evening continued, delays mounted as flights were cleared to land but planes waiting to take off were stuck on the tarmac.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the tarmac
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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