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runway

[ruhn-wey] / ˈrʌnˌweɪ /


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Narsarsuaq has deep-water access and a large runway which US military engineers were surveying last week, according to Danish media.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

Gerber had been a model like his mother and younger sister Kaia, making his runway debut for Italian label Moschino aged just 16.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

The software can analyze airline schedules and factors such as weather, airport runway capacity and operational constraints to predict air-traffic flows and foresee potential conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

So much to fawn over at this exhibition, but highlights included a photo of Yves Saint Laurent backstage at his first runway show and the archive of Polaroids taken during the preparation of his collections.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

So the path was clear, laid out for Simeon the Grand and Kenzi the Great, like a runway to their kingdom.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Whether the airport can in fact legally be constructed is being contested in the courts even as the runways get tarmacked.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Miami’s Runway 30 has a safety buffer but not an Engineering Materials Arresting System, a crushable bed designed to stop aircraft that overrun runways.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

The airport closed all runways and taxiways because of the incident and posted an update to its website Sunday evening that travelers should check directly with their airline before heading to the airport.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

The two runways at New York's LaGuardia airport were left under water for several days, preventing it from reopening even after the winds had subsided.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

They envisioned thousands of black brothers converging together upon Washington—to lie down in the streets, on airport runways, on government lawns— demanding of the Congress and the White House some concrete civil rights action.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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