land on

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"We only know it existed because a few fragments of it happened to land on Earth. These meteorites preserved evidence of a completely different pathway through which early planets developed."

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Around 4,000 Swiss troops will be on duty on land, on Lake Geneva and in the air, coordinating with the French military.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

His chapters land on portentous punchlines and his comic timing is poor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

When the CBO and the program’s own actuaries land on the same year, that’s no longer a forecast you can wave off.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

There was such a scarcity of high land on Rass that for generations we had buried our dead in our front yards.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson