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Recent Examples of runway
According to Page Six, the plane Lyonne was reportedly on initially taxied to the runway but soon returned to the gate.
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Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
After that milestone, he was recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest runway fashion designer.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Her laptop was eventually taken out of her hand, as the plane taxied to the runway, Page Six reported.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Those included Subi Reef, now a major island base with a military-grade runway about 15 miles southeast of Thitu island.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
After that milestone, he was recognized by Guinness World Records as the youngest runway fashion designer.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Her laptop was eventually taken out of her hand, as the plane taxied to the runway, Page Six reported.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
Those included Subi Reef, now a major island base with a military-grade runway about 15 miles southeast of Thitu island.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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The judges zoomed in on the level of federal involvement needed to trigger a federal law that would subject the complex of tents and trailers, built on an airstrip in the Big Cypress National Preserve, to an environmental review.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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The state awarded Gothams a $36 million contract to help outfit and maintain the facility, which was thrown up in just over a week on an old airstrip.—
Neena Satija,
Houston Chronicle,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Quié kept getting up, sitting down, calling out to people in the street, checking on the kitchen, and whipping out his phone to film promotional videos.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Parking on streets on the parade path will be impacted.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit Officials are urging people attending the draft and going to Pittsburgh to use public transit with major road closures and traffic restrictions that will be in place throughout the three-day event.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Anaheim has an 18-20-2 record in road games and a 42-33-6 record overall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Let the mind be, along with countless other things, a landing strip for sacred visitations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The company points to advanced monitoring technology, including a fleet of gas‑sniffing vehicles that survey pipelines from roadways.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Several callers told dispatchers that a motorcycle and a vehicle collided, throwing the motorcyclist from the bike and into the roadway, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management said Thursday that there's a lane restriction in one eastbound lane of Grays Ferry Avenue as crews clear debris, but the westbound lanes are fully open.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The westbound left lane of the highway was closed for medical staging, while the westbound right lane remained open and was moving slowly.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the attacks Thursday hit near the town’s industrial zone and outside a supermarket along Nabih Berri Avenue, a main thoroughfare lined with shops and residential buildings.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The 44-year-old father from Honduras felt like his head was on a swivel, greeting the handful of shoppers that approached while also scanning the busy thoroughfare behind him.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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