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Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP Protests were held outside the site Saturday, with environmental activists and Native American groups advocating for the protection of ancestral lands converging near the airstrip in the Florida Everglades.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The network of trailers and tents, built on an airstrip off of U.S. Highway 41, has been operating for a little more than a week.
—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The DeSantis administration has not made public a list of names of the immigrants held at the facility in heavy duty tents at an airstrip in the Florida Everglades.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Immigration attorneys are concerned Florida will rebuild the airstrip at the Alligator Alcatraz facility.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
The network of trailers and tents, built on an airstrip off of U.S. Highway 41, has been operating for a little more than a week.
—Ana Ceballos, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025
The DeSantis administration has not made public a list of names of the immigrants held at the facility in heavy duty tents at an airstrip in the Florida Everglades.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Immigration attorneys are concerned Florida will rebuild the airstrip at the Alligator Alcatraz facility.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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Many of the embroideries and textiles on the runway were made by the Mumbai atelier Chanakya International, which was credited for its role.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Featuring also menswear looks already unveiled on the runway last June, the evening show will be held on Sunday Sept. 28 — one of the reasons why the Camera della Moda moved the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards up one day to Saturday night from their usual spot.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The helipad can also be converted into a nightclub with a DJ booth or an open-air cinema.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
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Inbound race day flights leave from four helipads in the area: the Indianapolis International Airport, the downtown Indianapolis Heliport, the Metropolitan Airport in Fishers and the Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Noun
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After New York City capped the number of flights that could take off from Manhattan heliports at 30,000 annually in 2016, many companies moved operations to New Jersey.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The accidents and the noise caused by helicopters have repeatedly led some community activists and officials to propose banning or restricting traffic at Manhattan heliports.—
Ted Shaffrey,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the upstairs bar and prep kitchen area, about 20 flies used the walls and bar counter as landing strips.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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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
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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
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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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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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