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[land] / lænd /






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Back on land, the crew donned blazers and burned an old wooden scull in Peterhouse’s garden.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

And with every request comes an unspoken plea for understanding, no matter how far into the land of make-believe they’re asking to be led.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

To Mazeh, the exhibition "created a comfortable place where people could come and feel close to their land".

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Expert have also warned that hotter temperatures are making the land drier and more prone to ignition.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

They mostly talked to the people of the North End, listened to stories, and took care of the land with assorted donated trash pickers in hand.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Which is why “you can afford it” never lands.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

A major challenge is controlling what happens after each droplet lands on a surface.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

English lands were handed over the Norman nobles.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

As a director, Wilde lands this jump with gleeful ease, making it clear what she meant when she recently described the dreadful reaction to her sophomore film, “Don’t Worry Darling,” as “liberating.”

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

His eyes shift, and I follow his gaze to my left, where it lands on his mom, his grandma, and his little sister, Quinn, who’s probably eight or nine now.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Lores landed with HP and eventually became CEO in 2019, as the company faced slowing sales and souring investor sentiment, and got to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

One group had landed in Barcelona before a cruise brought them to Rome.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

In 1951, Marcus landed at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn as an assistant professor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

More than a month later, the results landed in my inbox.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

We were unable to move to the professor’s flat, and we stayed in our home until we were turned out and landed in Kazimierz.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

“And as he said, as we feel, it’s the pitching and the torque of landing on that leg that kind of gets it upset.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

He’s an adviser to Cisco, whose chief executive publicly thanked McGurk for his help in landing a deal on G42’s massive Stargate project.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

The embarrassing stories kept landing, and the man in charge of the Pentagon now needs the Justice Department’s help to plug a hole he cannot plug alone.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

I pick up the chair and take it out to the landing.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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