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Video obtained by The Associated Press showed passengers on the tarmac donning similar suits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.
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Arkansas Online, 11 May 2026
Video obtained by the Associated Press showed passengers on the tarmac wearing similar suits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Video obtained by The Associated Press showed passengers on the tarmac donning similar suits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
After Spirit Airlines ceased operations, in the middle of the night on May 2nd, a series of canary-yellow airplanes sat on the tarmac at Newark Airport, arranged neatly like children’s toys at day’s end.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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Arkansas Online, 11 May 2026
Video obtained by the Associated Press showed passengers on the tarmac wearing similar suits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.
—Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Video obtained by The Associated Press showed passengers on the tarmac donning similar suits and being sprayed down with disinfectant.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
After Spirit Airlines ceased operations, in the middle of the night on May 2nd, a series of canary-yellow airplanes sat on the tarmac at Newark Airport, arranged neatly like children’s toys at day’s end.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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