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  • noun Plural form of runway.

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Examples

  • Landing at emergency runways is a complicated process, technically is very doable, logistically its a nightmare.

    Ares 1 Abort Study Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • The runways are the primary place that designers reach store buyers and magazine editors.

    For Couture Shows, Digital Catwalk Is the New Fashion Christina Binkley 2012

  • Particularly at Chicago, which has a lot of crossing runway issues, when you start to straighten out the airports and add parallel runways, that is a significant safety and capacity improvement that we're looking forward to.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2008 2008

  • The runways are their war zones where they study the styles and talk endlessly about clothes, color and style.

    CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2004 2004

  • One place he could have met is right on the airport there, right to the east of the runways is the presidential palace that's being used by joint task force.

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2003 2003

  • Perhaps because of the high water table in swamps, star-nosed moles are often found foraging aboveground, in the water, or in shallow ruts called runways.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Perhaps because of the high water table in swamps, star-nosed moles are often found foraging aboveground, in the water, or in shallow ruts called runways.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Perhaps because of the high water table in swamps, star-nosed moles are often found foraging aboveground, in the water, or in shallow ruts called runways.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • While rejiggering the runways is a very extreme event, the fields are constantly in flux and constantly being remapped, explained Lorne McKee, a scientist with the geomagnetism division of Natural

    FOXNews.com Jeremy A. Kaplan 2011

  • Woodson Terrace, the small municipality located immediately south of Lambert Field - seriously: the runways are a brisk walk to the north - is ...

    Riverfront Times | Complete Issue 2009

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