tarmac
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When they walked from the military transports, some of them knelt on the tarmac and kissed the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
One of the most significant moments in Australian military history unfolded without fanfare on a tarmac at Sydney airport, when Ben Roberts-Smith was calmly escorted off a plane and into a waiting police car.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
AFP pictures showed the heavily damaged nose and cockpit section of the Air Canada Express plane, which had arrived from Montreal, on the tarmac flanked by emergency vehicles with their lights flashing.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
At around 23:40 local time on Sunday, shortly after Air Canada flight AC8646 had landed from Montreal, it collided with a firefighting vehicle on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
“Remarkable men,” the count said, glancing at the workers who were making sure that, from above, the black stretch of tarmac would look like bush.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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