landing strip
Example Sentences
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The ski plane they study the wolves from uses the frozen lake as a landing strip because there’s nowhere to touch down on the island.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
“Think of it like an airport with a grass landing strip, versus an airport with a concrete runway,” Mueller said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
Open since 2017, Magazzino has been a landing strip in the United States for Arte Povera and other postwar and contemporary Italian work.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
A long stretch of calm water was all the landing strip this behemoth needed to reach populous seaports in the United States and Europe or exotic destinations like Honolulu, Fiji and Java.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
“Dad is making a landing strip for his new plane and he wants me to help him build a bomb shelter.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
