land

Example Sentences

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“This is just to be something where they can just kind of land here and then hit the ground running.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The scheme started after the EU's Common Agricultural Policy began calculating subsidies based on land instead of livestock in 2014.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"If I could be given land to farm today, land where I and my children can work, I would be truly grateful," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A group of Native American activists occupied the land during a period between 1969 and 1971, and in 1972, Alcatraz became a national recreation area under National Park Service management.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

She couldn’t talk very well because a sneaky little fear had crept back and she was holding her breath to help the plane land.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr