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Recent Examples of airstrip
Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite earlier assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not militarize the reefs, some now feature airstrips, missile emplacements, ports, and other military infrastructure.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
This place has its own airstrip, which is unusual but not too surprising for a Texas-size park.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Video footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding at high speed across the airstrip and slamming into a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility, causing an explosion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite earlier assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not militarize the reefs, some now feature airstrips, missile emplacements, ports, and other military infrastructure.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
This place has its own airstrip, which is unusual but not too surprising for a Texas-size park.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Video footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding at high speed across the airstrip and slamming into a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility, causing an explosion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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On May 10, Pakistan issued a notice for Rahim Yar Khan air base saying that the runway was not operational.—
Agnes Chang,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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The failures have highlighted inadequacies of current radar systems that are supposed to work together to provide air traffic controllers a comprehensive view of all activity on the runways and over airspace.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
14 May 2025
Noun
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There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Cuban actress, wearing a hoodie and shorts, can be seen talking with Cruise before stepping onto the helipad with one of her two dogs in her arms.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This bill targets sightseeing tours and luxury commuter flights operating out of the Downtown Manhattan and E. 34th St. heliports, which are owned by the city and operated under contracts with the EDC.—
Keith Powers,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Bell 206 helicopter took off from a heliport in downtown Manhattan the afternoon of April 10 for an aerial tour of the city, said Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.—
Abdi Latif Dahir,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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