landing strip

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Recent Examples of landing strip Without concerted effort, areas like kitchen counters and bathroom sinks can easily turn into landing strips for everything from setting spray to immersion blenders, Bergman explains. Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 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 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 See All Example Sentences for landing strip
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Noun
  • This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • And hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Nanyuki, the town closest to the air base, fearing the disease might spread to their community.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 13 June 2026
  • The Times reports that hundreds of people have gathered for protests in Nanyuki, the town closest to the air base.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026

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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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