landing strip
Example Sentences
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Dozens such sections were built during the Cold War for use as emergency landing strips.
Although this is just the edge of the conflict zone, the area next to the landing strip resembles a wasteland after 15 months of war.
From BBC
In 2015, the group claimed to have created the largest graffiti piece in the world — a half mile-wide message reading, “This Land Was Our Land” — on a disused landing strip in California’s Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times
Another 8,059 people -- most of whom lived within fairly close proximity to aircraft landing strips -- were exposed to noise levels that can pose a risk of hearing impairment over time.
From Science Daily
For instance, she has worked with frustrated parents whose children toss backpacks and coats in what she calls the “landing strip” just inside the front door.
From New York Times
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