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Recent Examples of landing strip
To preserve stealth and the element of surprise, the operators might create a staging ground several miles from their objective, which might include building a makeshift landing strip.
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Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Let the mind be, along with countless other things, a landing strip for sacred visitations.
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Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
The ranch even has its own landing strip.
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Carrie Dennis,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Dec. 2025
If time flies, then 2025 moved at supersonic speed, and December is its landing strip.
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Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
1 Dec. 2025
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Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
Let the mind be, along with countless other things, a landing strip for sacred visitations.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
The ranch even has its own landing strip.
—
Carrie Dennis,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Dec. 2025
If time flies, then 2025 moved at supersonic speed, and December is its landing strip.
—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing strip
air base
Noun
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The city has a sprawling air base and is home to an infantry division.
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At about the same time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had destroyed a vital and expensive E-3 AWACS aircraft, one of sixteen left in service, while it was parked at an air base deep inside Saudi Arabia.
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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