runway

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Recent Examples of runway In June 2025, Armani was absent from his runway show at Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week — the first time in his career. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 The Vikings’ early season schedule ahead of their Week 6 bye looks like a soft runway from which their young quarterback can ascend. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 On occasion, just such a feeling is achieved, especially in the climactic runway sequence, when a rainstorm whips up and epiphanies are experienced. Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 At the runway, Christian’s on a white horse and Heidi’s reclining on a pile of hay. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runway
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Noun
  • That’s about half of the capacity of Alligator Alcatraz, an immigration detention center Florida set up on an airstrip in the Everglades in late June.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, romanticism has never been Denis’ thing, and from the moment Leonie touches down at a tiny airstrip, the reality of where she’s landed becomes apparent.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump maintains the ability to have National Guard troops and federal agencies continue to patrol city streets beyond his federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Cause of crash is being investigated Videos of the accident show the carriage toppled to its side and crashed into a building on the steep and narrow street, with parts of the streetcar crumpled.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • 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
  • Of course, other corporations have been down a similarly troubled road in recent years.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Bobcats went on the road Thursday night and struggled in the second half in a 38-21 loss against Lewisville at Max Goldsmith Stadium.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Demonstrators lined both sides of the narrow two-way road leading to the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a remote landing strip just north of Tamiami Trail.
    Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jones tried to make a hero play on the Chargers’ final third-down conversion, stepping out of his assignment and out of his containment lane to rush the passer.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The new restaurant includes one bustling drive-thru lane, indoor seating for 73 customers and a covered patio for 28 more, according to In-N-Out.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The main thoroughfares, Bridge Street and Castlebar Street, are lined with homegrown shops, cafés, and pubs situated in historic buildings.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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