—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who also was part of the Signal chat, unloaded on Goldberg from a tarmac in Hawaii.
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Dozens of police, ambulance, and rescue units, some ferrying boats, staged along the Potomac River and raced to positions along the airport's tarmac.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
In the Instagram video posted by the White House, the song could be heard playing in the background as the camera panned to show a man in handcuffs getting patted down by Border Patrol on a tarmac.
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Noun
Planet Labs images from Sunday show four B-2s and six support aircraft on the Diego Garcia tarmac.
—Haley Britzky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who also was part of the Signal chat, unloaded on Goldberg from a tarmac in Hawaii.
—Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Dozens of police, ambulance, and rescue units, some ferrying boats, staged along the Potomac River and raced to positions along the airport's tarmac.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
In the Instagram video posted by the White House, the song could be heard playing in the background as the camera panned to show a man in handcuffs getting patted down by Border Patrol on a tarmac.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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tarmac
noun
tar·mac
ˈtär-ˌmak 
: a road, apron, or runway paved with layers of crushed stone covered with tar
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