aerodrome
Americannoun
noun
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Example Sentences
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Nine days earlier, Samuel Langley of the Smithsonian had watched his own winged machine, the Aerodrome, pitch into the Potomac River.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Antoin Duffy, with an address at Braade, Kincasslagh, County Donegal, was extradited from Scotland and arrested at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnell in Dublin.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
In Kent, water stations are at Tunbridge Wells rugby club and Headcorn Aerodrome in Ashford.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
Flintoff was airlifted to hospital after suffering severe injuries while filming at the Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey in December 2022.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
No suggestion that he had wasted yet another night risking his life for an ungrateful foreigner who would never be able to repay him—the Aerodrome Drop-Off Principle taken to extremes.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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