Examples of the tarmac in a Sentence
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Approximately sixty flights were canceled after the half-dozen protesters glued themselves to the tarmac, forcing officials to temporarily close the airport.
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 May 2024
Across the tarmac, a new traffic control tower is slowly rising.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Paul had been at the Miami-Opa Locka airport with his boss, reportedly bound for a tropical vacation when federal agents arrived on the tarmac to question Combs.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
By turning off the combustion engine, resisting the tarmac temptation and abiding by centuries-old ways of the river, the town is a real time experiment in how to navigate an increasingly uncertain world where unruly climate change is overturning the rules of sustainable urban habitability.
—Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
One time, in the case of Nevin, Axelrod was waiting on the tarmac to unwind things and stir the pot.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has continued landing aircraft on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince ahead of a pending arrival later this month of the first police officers from Kenya, who will serve as the backbone of a multinational security force.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
When Griner arrived in San Antonio, Cherelle was waiting on the tarmac, surrounded by supporters waving American flags.
—J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
On Rauch's first plane trip with Soda traveling home to New York, a layover in Miami led to the flight sitting on the tarmac for two hours.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 May 2024
Across the tarmac, a new traffic control tower is slowly rising.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Paul had been at the Miami-Opa Locka airport with his boss, reportedly bound for a tropical vacation when federal agents arrived on the tarmac to question Combs.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
By turning off the combustion engine, resisting the tarmac temptation and abiding by centuries-old ways of the river, the town is a real time experiment in how to navigate an increasingly uncertain world where unruly climate change is overturning the rules of sustainable urban habitability.
—Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
One time, in the case of Nevin, Axelrod was waiting on the tarmac to unwind things and stir the pot.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has continued landing aircraft on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince ahead of a pending arrival later this month of the first police officers from Kenya, who will serve as the backbone of a multinational security force.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
When Griner arrived in San Antonio, Cherelle was waiting on the tarmac, surrounded by supporters waving American flags.
—J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
On Rauch's first plane trip with Soda traveling home to New York, a layover in Miami led to the flight sitting on the tarmac for two hours.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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