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Details about the course and seating capacity won’t be finalized until the fall, but the course will be approximately 3 miles in length and incorporate streets on the base as well as the tarmac, taxiways and runways of the Naval Air Station.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Trump turned to climb the stairs to Air Force One, and Lutnick stood on the tarmac, wondering where to go next.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Before boarding, the couple walked along a red carpet rolled along the tarmac at Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, where their milestone flight took off.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 15 July 2025
The Russian planes were sitting uncovered on the tarmac at the bases, much as US warplanes are at facilities at home and abroad.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Trump turned to climb the stairs to Air Force One, and Lutnick stood on the tarmac, wondering where to go next.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Before boarding, the couple walked along a red carpet rolled along the tarmac at Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, where their milestone flight took off.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 15 July 2025
The Russian planes were sitting uncovered on the tarmac at the bases, much as US warplanes are at facilities at home and abroad.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the tarmac
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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