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However, because the Alabama airport is not set up to facilitate international travelers, the nearly 300 passengers remained on the tarmac.
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Passengers on two Delta flights from Mexico to Atlanta had to spend a night on the tarmac in Alabama due to a confluence of bad weather, crew time limits, and Customs and Border Patrol rules.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Her car began to drift to the right, toward the edge of the tarmac.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
The footage then featured what appeared to be the scene of exchange at the Abu Dhabi airport, with Petrov walking off a plane and shaking hands with Russian officials on the tarmac.
—Associated Press, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Passengers on two Delta flights from Mexico to Atlanta had to spend a night on the tarmac in Alabama due to a confluence of bad weather, crew time limits, and Customs and Border Patrol rules.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Her car began to drift to the right, toward the edge of the tarmac.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
The footage then featured what appeared to be the scene of exchange at the Abu Dhabi airport, with Petrov walking off a plane and shaking hands with Russian officials on the tarmac.
—Associated Press, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the tarmac
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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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