airstrip
Example Sentences
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DHS is expected to allow the closure of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” a soft-sided, state-run facility built on an abandoned airstrip in the Florida Everglades that Noem had relied on to increase detention capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Israeli forces established a makeshift base using an old airstrip in Iraq early in the war against Iran, two security officials told AFP, confirming a report by the Wall Street Journal.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
More than 300 miles east, construction teams etching another airstrip into the mountains battled icy winds, dizziness and nosebleeds, and relied on oxygen cylinders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The informant also sent Sánchez a video of a Cessna landing on a rudimentary airstrip near the mine.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
It was his first visit to Biafra’s only link to the outside world, this wonder of an airstrip where food and arms evaded Nigerian bombers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
