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Definition of air base

as in air park

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The deaths span drone strikes in Kuwait, a missile attack on a Saudi air base, a refueling crash over Iraq, a helicopter downed in the Arabian Sea and missile defenses in Jordan. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 Al Udeid, the US air base outside Doha built from 1996, gave Washington a forward hub and gave Qatar protection no amount of gas money could buy on its own. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

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The area was an important base for the Germans that occupied Norway during World War II, with the Luftwaffe opening an airbase at nearby Herdla—and the neighboring island of Ytstøyna is still dotted with wartime bunkers. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 Separately, Tehran also fired a projectile near an Australian airbase in the United Arab Emirates, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese — no personnel were injured. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air base

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The Riga airport said on Sunday morning that flights could be delayed or rerouted because of the severe storm overnight.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Courtesy Alana Calloway Her body was found in a drainage ditch near a parking structure Thursday after someone called to report a body near the airport, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026

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Another day trip option is the hilltop town of Erice, where there's a medieval fortress that's over 2,500 years old.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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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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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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Rosignoli also recommended the Museo Civico Naturalistico-Archeologico in Vicenza, which has finds from Lake Fimon and Teatro Berga, an actual Roman theater that once stood in the city center.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The Fever played without center Aliyah Boston, who was sidelined by a right leg injury.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of center

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Iranian news agency Rokna reported that people in Tehran said some petrol stations had no gas available, forcing them to temporarily close, while other stations had long lines on Monday and Tuesday.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
While at the scene, they were notified by BART police that a third stabbing victim had been found near the Fruitvale station.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

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