dry land
Example Sentences
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Aberdeen South is at the heart of the offshore energy industry - but voters care about what happens on dry land too.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
City Hall steps, all seven and a half feet of him, tall as a Lakers center but clumsy as a swan on dry land.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 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
"Remember that approximately 70% of Earth's surface is covered in water. So we're incredibly lucky that this landed on dry land instead of the middle of the ocean where we could actually find it."
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
He was not sure why this was, yet he had a terror of meeting the thing again on dry land.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
