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Recent Examples of airstrip
Zambada was arrested in July 2024 alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of Guzman's sons, after the plane in which they were traveling landed at a small airstrip in New Mexico.
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Luc Cohen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Last week, a federal judge ordered the state’s flagship immigration detention center—built on a remote airstrip in the Everglades—to temporarily stop construction after hearing arguments over whether the facility stood in violation of environmental laws.
—Yezen Saadah, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The Yuba County Airport across the Feather River has a longer airstrip and can accommodate some larger planes, such as small jets, that Sutter County’s airport cannot.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
About 11,000 members of the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands, taking Japanese defenders by surprise and securing an important airstrip.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Luc Cohen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
Last week, a federal judge ordered the state’s flagship immigration detention center—built on a remote airstrip in the Everglades—to temporarily stop construction after hearing arguments over whether the facility stood in violation of environmental laws.
—Yezen Saadah, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The Yuba County Airport across the Feather River has a longer airstrip and can accommodate some larger planes, such as small jets, that Sutter County’s airport cannot.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
About 11,000 members of the 1st Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands, taking Japanese defenders by surprise and securing an important airstrip.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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In February, when Calvin Klein made its grand return to New York Fashion Week, Jenner even strutted the runway.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Where consumers once found inspiration through seasonal magazines, store windows or runway shows, social platforms have become fashion's primary discovery engines.—
Christopher Yang,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ambulances transported him to a local hospital's helipad before he was airlifted by a medical helicopter to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, the press release explains.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The yacht can even be designed with a 20-foot swimming pool and an elevated helipad.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The resort, reachable via private heliport or a roughly two-hour drive past small villages, consists of six circular one-bedroom luxury lodges and one three-bedroom treetop villa.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
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That area has seen a flurry of property sales since Mayor Joe Hogsett announced his intentions to build a professional league stadium at what is now the downtown Indianapolis heliport, but some of the Simon property purchases predate the mayor's public announcement.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
25 July 2025
Noun
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He was then put in the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip, where he was forced onto a private jet headed for the United States.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Demonstrators lined both sides of the narrow two-way road leading to the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a remote landing strip just north of Tamiami Trail.—
Pedro Portal,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 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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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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