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Recent Examples of airstrip
Of course, romanticism has never been Denis’ thing, and from the moment Leonie touches down at a tiny airstrip, the reality of where she’s landed becomes apparent.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2003, 21-year-old Katharine Lampman was fatally crushed under a moving art car, while plane crashes at the temporary airstrip and a truck rollover caused additional injuries.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
While tribal members can’t access the airstrip, some trails are no longer accessible.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
Zambada was arrested in July 2024 alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of Guzman's sons, after the plane in which they were traveling landed at a small airstrip in New Mexico.
—Luc Cohen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
In 2003, 21-year-old Katharine Lampman was fatally crushed under a moving art car, while plane crashes at the temporary airstrip and a truck rollover caused additional injuries.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
While tribal members can’t access the airstrip, some trails are no longer accessible.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
Zambada was arrested in July 2024 alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of Guzman's sons, after the plane in which they were traveling landed at a small airstrip in New Mexico.
—Luc Cohen, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airstrip
Noun
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Today, the shells continue to be found on powwow regalia (Russell McCloud is an in-demand artist for traditional breastplates), as well as on avant-garde runway fashions and fine jewelry pieces.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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The shift Cadogan describes suggests those tactics have run out of runway for a growing slice of the country, especially younger and lower-income households who rent, commute, and carry variable-rate debt.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The best respite was on the boat's helipad.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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Looking toward the bow, that area could become a helipad, and the vessel can house two Jet Skis, a waverunner, and two tenders.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Smith, of Palo Cedro, was on board Reach 5, the Airbus H130 that crashed shortly after takeoff from the UC Davis Medical Center heliport on Monday evening.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The helicopter, paid for by Harris, was late taking off from the Millenium Downtown heliport (as Gelitin found out through staying in contact via a cache of clunky cellphones).—
Kyle MacNeill,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He was then put in the back of a pickup truck and taken to a landing strip, where he was forced onto a private jet headed for the United States.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Demonstrators lined both sides of the narrow two-way road leading to the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, a remote landing strip just north of Tamiami Trail.—
Pedro Portal,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
Noun
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This dimension of the work was heightened by its site, a former helicopter landing field on an old NATO base, given over to the Autostrada Biennale in 2014 as part of a process of demilitarization in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s and Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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The teens were evaluated by medical personnel at a landing field before they were released, rescuers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airstrip. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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