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Recent Examples of runway
The spirit of a '90s summer vacation is alive and well in tropics-print caftans like this fresh-off-the-runway one from SHAN's SS27 Collection.
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Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
On July 9, the designer will showcase her fall 2026 couture collection on the runway as an off-schedule show during couture week, at the Palais de Tokyo.
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Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Others may decide that the best course of action is to delay fundraising altogether and focus on extending the runway through operational improvements.
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Wayne Cantwell,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In Estonia, a national museum project on a former Soviet military runway that looked like a giant 1970s recording studio caught her eye.
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Time,
Time,
1 July 2026
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Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
2 July 2026
On July 9, the designer will showcase her fall 2026 couture collection on the runway as an off-schedule show during couture week, at the Palais de Tokyo.
—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
Others may decide that the best course of action is to delay fundraising altogether and focus on extending the runway through operational improvements.
—
Wayne Cantwell,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
In Estonia, a national museum project on a former Soviet military runway that looked like a giant 1970s recording studio caught her eye.
—
Time,
Time,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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My first glimpse of an elephant came as our safari game viewer bumped along the road from the airstrip to camp.
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All the of people kept at the isolated airstrip had been sent to other facilities.
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Parents pushed strollers with infants, as men, women and children of all ages crammed onto the street.
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The bike lane is raised a little from the street, and then the sidewalk is raised a little from the bike lane.
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Those who don’t want to drive to Roy’s can actually fly into the desert landing strip behind the cafe (which was apparently one of California’s first airfields of any kind).
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Bees evolved eyes tuned to floral landing strips painted in wavelengths that humans can’t detect.
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
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The suspect’s vehicle entered a closed roadway on Interstate 20 at the 420 exit near Aledo and struck an 18-wheeler, the release states.
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Police said the tractor-trailer veered off the roadway and overturned.
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The sheriff's office said Butler failed to maintain a single lane before leaving the roadway and crashing through the side of the home.
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Butler allegedly failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway and crashed through the front of a two-story brick residence, according to the sheriff's office.
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The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.
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Others outside proudly waved their flags on the neighborhood thoroughfare, Westwood Boulevard.
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The new proposal for the future of the global commercial shipping route was first reported by The New York Times, citing an Iranian official and four diplomats with knowledge of the matter.
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Reynolds was on her USPS route when the incident happened, Postal Inspector Jessica Adams told USA TODAY.
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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