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Recent Examples of landing strip
The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.
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Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Photos posted to the department's Facebook page show the small aircraft sitting among the trees alongside the landing strip.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
Just after the war, as part of Operation Nanook, the Americans expanded the existing installation with a gravel landing strip as part of an upgrade to a new and larger weather station.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
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Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
Photos posted to the department's Facebook page show the small aircraft sitting among the trees alongside the landing strip.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
Just after the war, as part of Operation Nanook, the Americans expanded the existing installation with a gravel landing strip as part of an upgrade to a new and larger weather station.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing strip
Noun
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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
Noun
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The $4 million munition is in high demand and was key to defending a major U.S. air base in Qatar last month as Iran launched a ballistic missile attack in response to the U.S. targeting its nuclear facilities.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Pullman stars as President Thomas J. Whitmore, who takes command of an air base and delivers a massive speech to the awaiting fighters that are taking on an alien race that has invaded Earth.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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