landing strip

Example Sentences

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Now, where the old landing strip was, you’ll find the parking lot for the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

A small group of people stood together in near silence, some recording video as the aircraft taxied from the landing strip and rolled to a halt.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 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 destinations like Honolulu, Fiji and Java.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

The landing strip at Kasane was waterlogged and we came in at a drier strip several miles away in the middle of the bush.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela