the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

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The assault happened on March 20, 2022, after a Southwest Airline flight landed at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and was waiting on the tarmac for an arrival gate to open, the release said. —

Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024 Clinton in June 2016 initiated an impromptu meeting with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that became a source of controversy and intrigue in the 2016 race between his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Trump. —

Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024 Still staring down the barrel of a sector-wide shortage, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is fast-tracking young adults to the tarmac. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024 The footage appeared to be taken by someone in a moving vehicle on the tarmac. —

Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the tarmac