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Video on social media showed police with guns pointed at a person lying on the tarmac beneath a blue Star of David on the brick building.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
When the first-team plane landed, they were whisked off to Melwood straight from the tarmac of the runway.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump hosted Putin in Alaska in August for a historic summit, rolling out the red carpet and having Putin ride in the presidential limousine from the tarmac in Anchorage to the meeting site.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
After the roughly 620-mile flight, which takes about 90 minutes, the teen was spotted by airport staff in his pajamas roaming around the tarmac by himself.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
When the first-team plane landed, they were whisked off to Melwood straight from the tarmac of the runway.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Trump hosted Putin in Alaska in August for a historic summit, rolling out the red carpet and having Putin ride in the presidential limousine from the tarmac in Anchorage to the meeting site.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
After the roughly 620-mile flight, which takes about 90 minutes, the teen was spotted by airport staff in his pajamas roaming around the tarmac by himself.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.
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