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as in air park

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In response, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Thursday there was no Turkish military delegation at the Syrian air base before or during Israel’s attack. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 There's a two-hour time difference between the airport and the air base. — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

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The vessel works as a mobile airbase and command center with its own defense systems. — Connor Greene, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 Four women and a 16-year-old girl accused US airman Hannes Marschalek of indecent exposure in 2022, while he was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, the largest US airbase in the UK, said The Guardian. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for air base

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Palace matched Sunderland’s agreement with the French side and, at one stage, both clubs had a plane waiting at Lyon’s airport to bring Fofana to England.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia has promised to build desalination plants and two airports, and invest in telecommunications projects worth more than $1 billion.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026

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Holding their accounts on freeze like a fortress are smarmy bank managers who laugh in the face of Beirut citizens who attempt a demand on their own funds.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Most of them can’t afford to outfit their own individual townhouses like armed fortresses as Swift has.

— Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortress

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The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.

— Michael Helbing, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

Definition of heliport

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Delane injured his shoulder while being tackled on the interception, an ailment that cost him time in training camp.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Ditka has been losing contemporaries since July of 1964, when Willie Gallimore’s Volkswagen swerved and rolled, killing Gallimore and Bo Farrington in a training camp tragedy.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of camp

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The airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2026
Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.

— CHRISTINA MAYO, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

Definition of jetport

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The latest forecast predicts the center will pass roughly 115 to 150 miles west of Kauai, close enough that any additional eastward shifts in the track could bring stronger winds and greater impacts, particularly to Kauai, the hurricane center said.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of center

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To reach the quarterfinals in New York, Zheng had to accept her newfound station in tennis — not to abandon her confidence for the sake of humility, but to combine her natural self-belief with acceptance of her reality and a new perspective.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Brent crude oil prices paused in early trading on Tuesday after gaining in the previous session following a drone attack on an oil pipeline pumping station in Russia that reduced flows from Kazakhstan.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

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