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Recent Examples of runway
Passengers are starting to share their stories of surviving a chilling crash-landing Monday at Toronto Pearson International Airport, where a Delta plane on a flight from Minneapolis caught fire and flipped upside down on the runway.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
Related article How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down
And many of these flights are just as long, if not longer than flights flown by larger jets.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and looks are being served both on and off the runway.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
The runway shows set a powerful tone for the week ahead, promising innovation and fresh perspectives on luxury.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2025
Related article How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down
And many of these flights are just as long, if not longer than flights flown by larger jets.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and looks are being served both on and off the runway.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
The runway shows set a powerful tone for the week ahead, promising innovation and fresh perspectives on luxury.
—Stixx Mathews, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runway
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Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Sami then left dead Farhad on the road, and proceeded to the airstrip with Noor’s very shook mother.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to police, neighbors on the otherwise idyllic-looking street had no idea what was going on inside.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters angrily confronted each other on the streets of a mainly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday night as officials said Jews were targeted with antisemitic rhetoric.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Van Zandt purchased 278 acres of cotton fields east of 24th Street and south of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and transformed them into a landing field.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
25 July 2024
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And no ones sees that landing field more clearly than Michael O’Leary, Boeing’s disappointed customer, but still true believer.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2024
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Putting off a little mess can mean an even bigger one down the road (or even warrant a call to the exterminator).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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Along the roads in this region, blue and green pump jacks nod like mechanical farm animals in the fields.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Ken said that when the plane finally stopped on that tiny landing strip, its nose was 2 feet from the water.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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That’s why aside from continuing to build some sort of new culture and keeping everyone healthy, the next two months are all about gliding onto the landing strip in smooth fashion in July, setting things up for a run in 2025-26.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Feb. 2025
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This position is responsible for professional and highly complex administrative work, control and processing of documents related to large scale programs and projects involving County roadways and related infrastructure.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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The most difficult travel conditions are expected on secondary roadways, including gravel and dirt roads.—
Joe Edwards,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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One lane is closed from 135th Street to 151st Street on southbound US-69.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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Omarion Hampton also has a chance to be a first-round pick because of his hard running style and his ability to find open running lanes.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Runway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runway. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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