land
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A UN preliminary assessment estimated building damage from Nepal's floods at $158 million alone, warning that total losses -- including damage to roads and bridges, agricultural land and humanitarian costs -- would be far higher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Margaret had to sell their farm stock and arrange for other farmers to rent the majority of their land.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Pacific commander, has said, the reason the Chinese are working to strike the carrier’s mobile airfield is because they’ve already figured out how to target everything on land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Conway, who is the agency’s chief for resource protection and improvement, added that some aspects of their mission wouldn’t change; the land would remain “actively managed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Their small houses blend in with the land.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Documents reviewed by the Journal show that when a cargo initially lands, the name of the company exporting the goods appears on the air waybill, along with the supposed buyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
About 15 minutes later, after sensing that it is running low on spray – water for today's purposes – the aircraft lands itself for a manual refill and demonstration battery swap.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The agreement established peace and recognized lands belonging to the Indigenous nations.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
It said negotiations for the land will comply with all federal rules for federal lands, and that “no final decisions have been made.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ama lands on her shoulder but pops back up like nothing happened.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Like when a weightlifter staggered under a puny-looking barbell, then dropped it, tripped over it and landed face first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Raman has landed five, notably including Unite Here Local 11, the hotel and airport workers’ union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sonmez struggled to get balls into play whenever Gauff landed a first serve in the first set, with the world number four winning 93% of those points.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Almost immediately, though, the dispute landed somewhere more intimate: the map in everyone’s pocket.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
They were shaking as their plane landed at Portland International Airport.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Norris also said he suspected the number of extra prison spaces created from freeing up existing space within prisons would be "landing somewhere in the middle" of 200 and 900.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Norris said he suspected the number of extra prison spaces created from freeing up existing space within prisons would be "landing somewhere in the middle" of 200 and 900.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Dyson hadn’t worked with water since he codesigned a high-speed landing craft, the Rotork Sea Truck, as a student at London’s Royal College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Quips fell out of her like apples from a tree, ripening and landing at just the right time in any conversation.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
There’s a hatch in the ceiling out on the landing.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
