—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
With a flight attendant stuck at the front of the plane during fueling on the Chicago O'Hare tarmac, Buttigieg spontaneously grabbed the snack basket and played flight attendant, personally handing out treats to passengers, according to Sam Harris, a passenger onboard United Flight 4400.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Thrilling yet thrifty With ample clear tarmac ahead of me atop SoCal’s Angeles National Forest, the 2025 McLaren Artura was phenomenal.
—Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
Two days after two planes collided on an Atlanta tarmac, a crisis was averted after the pilot of an Alaska Airlines flight in Tennessee pumped the brakes while attempting to take off from Nashville International Airport (BNA) and narrowly avoided a potential collision with another plane.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The rise in popularity of sim racing events and their international reach suggests that the path from screen to tarmac is full of possibilities, inviting a new generation of heroes to take the wheel.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
With a flight attendant stuck at the front of the plane during fueling on the Chicago O'Hare tarmac, Buttigieg spontaneously grabbed the snack basket and played flight attendant, personally handing out treats to passengers, according to Sam Harris, a passenger onboard United Flight 4400.
—Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Thrilling yet thrifty With ample clear tarmac ahead of me atop SoCal’s Angeles National Forest, the 2025 McLaren Artura was phenomenal.
—Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
Two days after two planes collided on an Atlanta tarmac, a crisis was averted after the pilot of an Alaska Airlines flight in Tennessee pumped the brakes while attempting to take off from Nashville International Airport (BNA) and narrowly avoided a potential collision with another plane.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
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tarmac
noun
tar·mac
ˈtär-ˌmak 
: a road, apron, or runway paved with layers of crushed stone covered with tar
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