the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

Examples of the tarmac in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The video, which was shared on the team's account on X, formerly Twitter, shows a worker taking the bags off a ramp and throwing them onto the tarmac. Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 In the video, baggage handlers can be seen throwing the team’s golf clubs on the tarmac and eventually onto a transfer vehicle. Chantelle Lee, TIME, 22 May 2024 Yes, turbulence is getting worse:But deaths are very rare Once the plane was on the tarmac, nurses and rescue workers came in to check on the injured, Azmir said. Timour Azhari and Joe Brock, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 There are now security towers dotting the tarmac and members of the army and Haiti National Police are on constant patrol. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024 Approximately sixty flights were canceled after the half-dozen protesters glued themselves to the tarmac, forcing officials to temporarily close the airport. 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

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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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