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Before takeoff, Graham joined staff and flight crew on the tarmac, bowing in prayer beside the towering white jet that marks a new chapter in the relief group’s aviation fleet.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The following day, two United Airlines planes collided at Chicago O'Hare International Airport when one plane's wing clipped another plane's rear stabilizer on the tarmac.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu welcomes Trump on the tarmac this morning.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
The following day, two United Airlines planes collided at Chicago O'Hare International Airport when one plane's wing clipped another plane's rear stabilizer on the tarmac.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu welcomes Trump on the tarmac this morning.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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