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landing

noun as in harbor

noun as in act of a person/thing that lands

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Leaving plants and leaves under trees creates a “soft landing” for these essential creatures, whose populations have dropped an alarming 22% in just the last 20 years.

Roz found the flying machine upside down, with its landing gear poking above the rows of leafy plants.

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Moments later, the reality star is seen telling a producer "I centre conspiracies all the time", adding that she believes the Moon landing was fake.

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The prospect of landing something—anything—that drives the fisherman to cast after cast?

Later in the interview, however, Aldrin clarified that the moon landing itself was authentic, but the animated footage broadcast by TV stations at the time was not.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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