alighted
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While I was visiting Cindy a few days later, a young cardinal alighted at the feeder and met our gaze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Here countless celebrities and industry titans alighted as they came, or returned, to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
That forced shippers to look elsewhere and many of them alighted on Thailand and other countries in south-east Asia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024
She alighted on a rock, where, somewhat astonished, she looked down on Drum and her sister.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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