airstrip
Example Sentences
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By the time WWI ended, airports and airstrips dotted the L.A. area — by some accounts, 53 existed within 10 miles of City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times
This launch format had the advantage of being more flexible and cheaper than vertical rocket launchers because it could operate from airstrips around the world.
From New York Times
One of the group’s stops was at the abandoned An Hoa airstrip.
From Washington Post
Construction of the airstrip didn’t begin until May 2021, almost eight years after the first observed activity at the site, and is ongoing.
From New York Times
The ministry told the Associated Press in an email that the site was selected “as the most favorable alternative” for the airport because a military airstrip had started to be built there in the 1920s.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
