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Recent Examples of landing strip
Only two people survived after the 15-year-old 737-800 Boeing plane run by Jeju Air skidded across the landing strip without landing gear and crashed into a concrete barrier containing antennas, bursting into flames.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Fullerton Mayor Pro Tem Shana Charles told the Los Angeles Times more oversight is needed including making sure the entryway for the landing strip is safer and more education for pilots.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
For example, a scientific research station with a landing strip is located at the South Pole, which is more than 1,200 kilometers inland.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Fullerton Mayor Pro Tem Shana Charles told the Los Angeles Times more oversight is needed including making sure the entryway for the landing strip is safer and more education for pilots.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
For example, a scientific research station with a landing strip is located at the South Pole, which is more than 1,200 kilometers inland.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing strip
Noun
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But thanks to Andrew Cuomo’s time as governor, the once awful Third World landing field in Queens now matches Fiorello the man in superlatives.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 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
Noun
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The visit underscored Qatar's significance, not only due to its hosting of Al Udeid, the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East, but also because of its role in regional conflict mediation.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new transitional government to oust Russian forces from a naval and air base in the country.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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