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Example Sentences

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Soon “the spaceship is forced to land on a distant planet, and Rodolfo’s hallucinations grow increasingly intense until he finally succumbs to oxygen deprivation.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Kelly goes up for a header, he's gone for the header cleanly. His feet have to land on the ground somewhere," he added on BBC Radio 5 Live.

From BBC

He just knew that any minute a monkey would come flying out of nowhere, land on his back, and start chewing on him.

From Literature

She became the first Black model to land on the covers of GQ and Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue — achievements denied to Beverly Johnson, Iman and Banks’ nemesis Naomi Campbell, women who paved the way for her.

From Salon

During the company’s earnings call on Thursday, Chief Financial Officer Kate Gulliver said she expected first-quarter gross margins, which are a measure of how much is earned on sales, of 30% to 31%, with results more likely to land on the lower end of that range.

From MarketWatch