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as in air park

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Five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in southwest England on September 27 after police received a report about three suspicious vans heading toward the air base. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 Around 85 homes in the area were evacuated amid ongoing investigations in Whelford near the air base, British authorities said. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026

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The United States has criticized Israeli strikes on a Syrian airbase early on Tuesday. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 The vessel works as a mobile airbase and command center with its own defense systems. — Connor Greene, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air base

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The airport is also serving as a staging area to assist with hurricane recovery efforts.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The storm grounded most Friday flights at several panhandle airports, including all flights into and out of Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

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Supporters of the movement gathered in New Delhi Saturday despite the capital turning into a fortress to keep out protesters.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
The Magnificent Seven companies are among the biggest beneficiaries of the shift, given their fortress balance sheets.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

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In September, the Miami Beach Land Use and Sustainability Committee voted 2-1 to approve the Citadel founder’s heliport request and pass it on to the planning department for approval, then ultimately to the full City Commission.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Palestinians fled the camp in 2025 as the Israeli military carried out a widespread crackdown against West Bank militants.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Piane’s compositions provided a foundation for contestants to showcase their personalities, give memorable performances and embrace the camp and theatricality that became hallmarks of the franchise.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

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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

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The exchange came as Kyiv pressed its campaign against Russian infrastructure, with a drone attack on Sunday shutting down a data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by technology giant Yandex.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Mentions of data centers have, predictably, shot up across all three networks in recent months as political backlash against AI swells and the data centers themselves have become a salient issue ahead of the midterms.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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