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Recent Examples of landing strip
At night the light display glows like an airplane landing strip.
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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
About two weeks ago, on May 20, funnel clouds reported near the Quad Cities airport forced travelers to take cover in the basement and federal air controllers to leave the glass tower that overlooks the landing strips.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 June 2025
The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
About two weeks ago, on May 20, funnel clouds reported near the Quad Cities airport forced travelers to take cover in the basement and federal air controllers to leave the glass tower that overlooks the landing strips.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 June 2025
The base would be coupled with Berbera International Airport, which at 2.6 miles has one of the longest landing strips in Africa.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landing strip
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
Noun
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The erstwhile president and his entourage got on a jet that flew them to Hmeimim, a coastal air base controlled by Russia, which had been his most critical backer in the war.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The book’s version of these particular events takes place in the 1930s with a focus on a younger Will Hanlon, who was described on the page as serving in the army on the Derry-adjacent air base.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Landing strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landing%20strip. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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