airstrip
Example Sentences
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The government consulted studies to identify the hours of lightest traffic from Altiplano to an airstrip near Mexico City, where the men would board flights to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
Investigative reporting by, among others, the New York Times, has documented that these are transported through an airstrip and supply base built by the UAE just inside Chad.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
Last year, the base imposed a curfew on its personnel because a polar bear was strolling around the airstrip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Because Alligator Alcatraz is housed near an airstrip, he said the facility is intended to facilitate quick deportations.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
In the distance the airstrip was lit up and there were figures—more guards and technicians—everywhere.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
