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tarmac

[tahr-mak] / ˈtɑr mæk /


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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

Building firms Tarmac and Lightwater Holdings, which gifted the land, said they would work with the heritage organisations to help preserve the site and improve public access to it.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

You go on a fresh Tarmac road in a lot of countries in West Africa indeed, and they say, “Yeah, China came in and has paved the highway system”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017

Tarmac softens in hot weather which would likely cause a heavy airplane to sink into it.

From Forbes • Sep. 18, 2014

Tarmac The line of departure on the field.

From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington