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Recent Examples of airstrip
Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Sami then left dead Farhad on the road, and proceeded to the airstrip with Noor’s very shook mother.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
When the police pull them over in the middle of the ten-mile drive to the airstrip, Sami puts his training to use and takes out both cops, stabbing one in the neck before grabbing his gun and shooting both.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The airstrip is unregistered with the International Civil Aviation Organization.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Sami then left dead Farhad on the road, and proceeded to the airstrip with Noor’s very shook mother.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
When the police pull them over in the middle of the ten-mile drive to the airstrip, Sami puts his training to use and takes out both cops, stabbing one in the neck before grabbing his gun and shooting both.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
The airstrip is unregistered with the International Civil Aviation Organization.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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Rosemary water, off the runway success of rosemary oil, has been and still is one of the most talked about hair trends on the web.—
Alice Nardiotti,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2025
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If Mugler is remembered as a showman, staging some of the most spectacular runway displays in French fashion history, Alaïa favored the intimacy of his headquarters and kept to his own schedule.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And there’s also helipad forward on the upper deck.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The design includes a beach club with two pools, a swim platform for direct access to the water, and a helipad at the bow.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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It's not known exactly when the heliport will close.—
Alysa Guffey,
The Indianapolis Star,
4 Dec. 2024
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Saint Therese was closed years ago and its site, which included a heliport, at Washington Street and Keller Avenue, is being razed.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Concrete landing strips were unearthed and eventually turned into the sprawling Lincolnshire Corporate Center.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 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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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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Van Zandt purchased 278 acres of cotton fields east of 24th Street and south of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and transformed them into a landing field.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
25 July 2024
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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