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runway

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Recent Examples of runway The plane, an MD-11, lifted off the runway and gained enough altitude to clear a fence at the end of the runway, Inman said during a previous news conference. Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Nov. 2025 While European fashion capitals convert runway weeks into measurable economic engines—hotels booked, restaurants thriving, city tours sold out—Lagos stages brilliance, then sends everyone home. Essence, 6 Nov. 2025 In September 2024, on a dare from her New York Fashion Week seatmate Kathy Hilton, Haddish strode onto the runway during a Monse show, which some observers found amusing but others considered disrespectful. Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025 That was followed by appearances at the 2025 Met Gala, walking the runway at Vogue World 2025 and being honored at Art Basel Paris. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runway
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Noun
  • Our final day, driving to the airstrip, Ntwayagae pulled over one last time.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The plane crashed in a hilly and forested area about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Diani airstrip, authorities said.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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
  • Running Fence was envisioned as a fabric-laden fence that would traverse Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California to the sea, crossing roads, highways, and private property.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • If there is no parking lot or driveway to pull into, pull your vehicle off to the side of the road as far as possible.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Schuster said the angle at which the landing area crosses the Fujian’s deck is only 6 degrees off center, compared with 9 degrees on the US carriers, limiting space between the landing strip and the forward two catapults.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Radcliffe brought us down smoothly on an unpaved landing strip amid camel thorn and euphorbia trees, their foliage scorched by the elements.
    Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even if approved, the designation would be largely symbolic—official addresses and emergency services would continue to identify the roadway as Southern Boulevard.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The roadway did however have a pergola.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Thomas missed a pullup three-pointer on Arkansas’ next possession, forward Nick Pringle came up with an offensive rebound, then Thomas missed a runner in the lane.
    Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Sacramento State’s 6-foot-11, 270-pound senior craves the opportunity to devour defenders in the lane with post moves, or a pass to an open shooter after a double-team, or to thunder-dunk on the run as one regal finisher.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Dior has opened its first boutique in Sweden on Stockholm’s Birger Jarlsgatan Avenue, the city’s top shopping thoroughfare, with brands including Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Moncler and a host of local high-end stores.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • It is situated at the intersection of two long thoroughfares — one that runs north to south and a second that runs east to west — which might have been used as processional routes.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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