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runways

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

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Knee-length skirts were all over the spring 2027 runways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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

Miami’s Runway 30 has a safety buffer but not an Engineering Materials Arresting System, a crushable bed designed to stop aircraft that overrun runways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

They strolled about the base, taking in its cracked and overgrown runways, its derelict barracks, its empty gymnasium, and a drained swimming pool filled with debris.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik