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Recent Examples of runway
The hotel is about a 15-minute drive from Gustaf III Airport (SBH), the island’s main airport, and flight options are fairly limited due to the restrictions of the short runway.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
In this case, the issue is not so much that Duffy was premature in blaming the pilots of the Flexjet; the investigation is not complete, but Homendy already has said in public that the evidence points clearly to their not following an ATC command to hold short of the runway.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The analyst stated that the event helped address many investor concerns like the remaining runway in Consumer Payments and the company’s ability to sustain a high-teens growth in VAS.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
Then there's the gown, a custom Chanel number that her stylist, Micaela Erlanger, requested based on a '90s-era runway photo of Linda Evangelista.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
In this case, the issue is not so much that Duffy was premature in blaming the pilots of the Flexjet; the investigation is not complete, but Homendy already has said in public that the evidence points clearly to their not following an ATC command to hold short of the runway.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
The analyst stated that the event helped address many investor concerns like the remaining runway in Consumer Payments and the company’s ability to sustain a high-teens growth in VAS.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
Then there's the gown, a custom Chanel number that her stylist, Micaela Erlanger, requested based on a '90s-era runway photo of Linda Evangelista.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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Last week, the Trump administration delivered 177 Venezuelan men who had been designated for deportation from Guantánamo to the Venezuelan government on an airstrip in Honduras.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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In preparation for the arrival of more migrants, several hundred U.S. military service members have been deployed to Guantánamo and more than a hundred green Army tents have been erected in fields near an airstrip there.—
Sacha Pfeiffer,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2025
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Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
2 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
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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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His jump into a world tour comes as no surprise — Seavey has been anxious to hit the road.—
Kristen Wisneski,
Billboard,
7 Mar. 2025
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Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Freshman forward Williams drove the lane for a lay-up and the go-ahead points.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
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On the road - Drive in the middle lanes and stay on high ground.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
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As armored tanks drove down the main thoroughfare, scared and teary-eyed residents acknowledged being at a total loss.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Another ordinance gives squirrels the right of way on all public streets, sidewalks and thoroughfares in Olney, and implements a $750 fine for harassing one.—
Michelle Mastro,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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