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Southwest Flight 2504 made brief contact with the tarmac while landing before accelerating back up into the sky to avoid colliding with a private jet in its path on the runway.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Thursday, when the plane landed at Juan Santamaría International Airport outside San José, a group of reporters that had gathered on the tarmac captured images of the migrants on board.
—David Bolaños, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Additional videos shared online show first responders racing to put out the fire as passengers climb out of the smoky wreckage and onto the tarmac.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Trump last week visited Los Angeles, where he was greeted by Newsom on the tarmac.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Thursday, when the plane landed at Juan Santamaría International Airport outside San José, a group of reporters that had gathered on the tarmac captured images of the migrants on board.
—David Bolaños, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Additional videos shared online show first responders racing to put out the fire as passengers climb out of the smoky wreckage and onto the tarmac.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Trump last week visited Los Angeles, where he was greeted by Newsom on the tarmac.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the tarmac
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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