land on

Example Sentences

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He’d walk out in the morning and “they’d land on my hand.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Meteorites are fragments of space rock that survive their journey through Earth's atmosphere and land on the planet's surface.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

"If you took all the land on Earth and pieced it together, you would not cover the Pacific Ocean," Voight pointed out.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Bird droppings landed on the back of the King's jacket during a walkabout in Newcastle, with him making light of it saying: "At least it didn't land on my head."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“I can’t land on that island in the dark,” he said.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr