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[land] / lænd /






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It will also observe the planet's other moon, Deimos, although it will not land on it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

However, this means there is a bigger distance and more time where storms can feed off the warmer waters, gaining energy to become more intense typhoons before they hit land.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Was it excessive for Jews to buy land, at fair or often inflated prices, from absentee landlords in Beirut and Damascus who were glad to sell malarial swamps?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“It’s an official document. Straight from the land rush office.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“However, the Chumash people were displaced, their lands taken, forced slavery missions, all of those things. They have earned the right to manage this area.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

AI stocks struggle as investors fret about yields and oil prices, while Wolfspeed surges after it lands a financing deal with the Pentagon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

One challenge is understanding what happens when a spacecraft lands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

If diesel stays high, the bill for all three lands where you shop, save and borrow.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Erik lands a good one on the top of the butternut.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

She landed a job after college working in the emergency department at a Fort Walton Beach, Fla., hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The outlandishness of the claim landed the article widespread public attention.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

But it already had been snuffed out by the time the final out landed in Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio’s glove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

These champions of “free thought” landed on boldness and strength as guiding stars.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

She gave him a look; a look that aimed for high scorn but landed on fear.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The trick with thrusters was evocative of what SpaceX has now been doing for years with booster rockets cruising back to earth, touching down in landing pads or being snared by launch towers.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The rover will scout out a landing site so that the MMX spacecraft itself can later touch down on Phobos.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Clasby had stayed behind and put out embers landing in trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Using SpaceX rocket technology, the angular sports car climbed a curved ramp and hurled itself to a controlled landing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her hard landing made the branch sway to and fro, but she had sea legs enough to manage it, after all the traveling she had done.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood


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