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Recent Examples of runway
Chris and Angela need more runway for their inertia.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Other planes were delayed or rerouted while the troubled flight circled over Luis Marin International Airport before apparently leaving debris in its wake after hitting the runway.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
An American Airlines plane on the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 25, 2024.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The introduction of Zegna’s ultralight, hyper-flexible moccasins was also a pivotal runway moment.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Other planes were delayed or rerouted while the troubled flight circled over Luis Marin International Airport before apparently leaving debris in its wake after hitting the runway.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
An American Airlines plane on the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 25, 2024.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
The introduction of Zegna’s ultralight, hyper-flexible moccasins was also a pivotal runway moment.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
Noun
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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Despite earlier assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not militarize the reefs, some now feature airstrips, missile emplacements, ports, and other military infrastructure.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant serves terrific pizza and even better cheesesteaks that draw long lines running down the street or, some days, up the street the other way, just to keep life interesting.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 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
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Across the street from the resort was the Chicagoland Airport, once a satellite landing field during World War II for Glenview Naval Air Station.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Into every corner it’s resolutely planted to the road and the small steering wheel gives it a racing car feel.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Illinois Department of Transportation owns the road and any changes would require its approval.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.—
Abdi Latif Dahir,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first confirmed to PEOPLE that a Cessna 310 had crashed into a roadway on Friday, April 11, at around 10:20 a.m.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There was the controversial addition of self-checkout lanes.—
Nate Rogers,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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One lane is closed from 119th Street to 135th Street on southbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2025
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The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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