dry land
Example Sentences
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More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared and before animals or plants had spread widely across dry land, crinoids were already thriving in some of Earth's earliest coral reefs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Virginia Eubanks, an investigative journalist and political-science professor living in Troy, N.Y., faced a similar situation in 2015—though it involved a crisis on dry land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Back on dry land, they were treated at hospital for minor injuries.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
The world will probably not know the results until the ship returns in June -- and further experiments back on dry land could take months, Sweetman added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Pretty sure I look like a fish outta water, flopping on dry land.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
