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Recent Examples of airstrip
An Aeromexico airplane prepares to land on the airstrip at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him.
—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
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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The fall/winter 2025 runways of brands like Véronique Leroy, Coperni, Balenciaga, and Valentino unveiled a number of pantsless looks that saw underwear be the main character.—
Robyn Merrett,
StyleCaster,
14 Mar. 2025
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The incident comes just three weeks after a Delta Air Lines flight crashed, turned upside down and caught fire on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport.—
Tricia Escobedo,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The homeowner did extensive renovations on the Edwardian property, which includes formal gardens, a tennis court, a helipad, and indoor and outdoor swimming pools.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
18 Feb. 2025
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The sun deck was extended aft to create a helipad and storage for a H145 helicopter.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This marked the second sighting of the actors that week, at the very same heliport.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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The pair, who both wore casual, dark ensembles for the outing, had also been spotted at the heliport one day prior.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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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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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 24 Mar. 2025.
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