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Recent Examples of runway
Satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by ABC News shows at least six B-2 bombers on April 1 on the runway of Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, a British naval base leased to the U.S. on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.
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Kerem Inal, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
An emergency two-bounce landing at Miami International Airport, with fire trucks waiting on the runway, turned out to be just the start of a two-day travel nightmare for Andy and Fran Katz.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
But on a team with one basketball to share between Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, R.J. Barrett and Immanuel Quickley — and later joined by Donte DiVincenzo, a veteran at Grimes’ position — the runway for creation dried up.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
The first Home Run Derby where custom bats were used was in 2017 — now the Derby will serve as a runway for Victus’ designs.
—Caleb Mezzy, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kerem Inal, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2025
An emergency two-bounce landing at Miami International Airport, with fire trucks waiting on the runway, turned out to be just the start of a two-day travel nightmare for Andy and Fran Katz.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
But on a team with one basketball to share between Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, R.J. Barrett and Immanuel Quickley — and later joined by Donte DiVincenzo, a veteran at Grimes’ position — the runway for creation dried up.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
The first Home Run Derby where custom bats were used was in 2017 — now the Derby will serve as a runway for Victus’ designs.
—Caleb Mezzy, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sure, the MiGs can spread out across airstrips and highways and operate for as long as their ground crews can refuel, rearm and repair them.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with: people sleeping on subway cars or begging for change on street corners, often struggling with mental illness or addiction.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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As a soft evening rain began to coat the cobblestone streets of Budapest’s Buda Castle District, my husband and I ducked excitedly into Korona Kávéház, a family-run confectionery and cafe, with dessert on the mind.—
Sable Massingill Martinez,
Travel + Leisure,
8 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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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 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
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Photos posted to the department's Facebook page show the small aircraft sitting among the trees alongside the landing strip.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
11 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
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Officers with the Kansas City Police Department responded to the shooting at 75th Street and Paseo around 6 p.m., where Griffin’s green GMC Sierra pickup truck was stopped in the southbound lanes of the Paseo.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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The alert, relayed by the National Weather Service, warns that weather conditions are conducive to producing high levels of ozone pollution, prompting officials to advise millions to take specific measures that can reduce emissions—including avoiding drive-thru lanes.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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