tarmac

Example Sentences

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One day, I drove from Jena down to the Alexandria staging facility, one of the rare ICE detention structures situated directly on Tarmac.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Hopefully, when we go to a more front-limited track and maybe better Tarmac, our car will come alive and we will be able to mount a better challenge on Max for the win.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

By late March, after the US shut its skies to Europe, planes began streaming into Tarmac Aerosave’s boneyards.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2020

“Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike,” he wrote, “as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2016

Tarmac The line of departure on the field.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington