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runways

  • plural
    of runway.
    runway
    noun
    a way along which something runs.

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Here’s what happened when hotels, restaurants and runways in Paris welcomed dogs for several days this fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In recent months, artsy shots of glossy naked nails have been flooding social media and taking over fashion runways and red carpets, which some are viewing as the latest symbol of "quiet luxury".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Whether the airport can in fact legally be constructed is being contested in the courts even as the runways get tarmacked.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Two of the four runways at the airport remained closed following the crash.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They envisioned thousands of black brothers converging together upon Washington—to lie down in the streets, on airport runways, on government lawns— demanding of the Congress and the White House some concrete civil rights action.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey