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Meanwhile, the other passengers were reportedly left on the tarmac at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for nearly four hours before departing for its final destination.
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Passengers then made their evacuation onto the tarmac.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Two of them were in Honduras, and the other remained on the tarmac in Texas.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2025
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Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Passengers then made their evacuation onto the tarmac.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Two of them were in Honduras, and the other remained on the tarmac in Texas.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The crushed garter snake is scrawled on the tarmac in an ampersand.
—Rosanna Warren, The Atlantic, 7 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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