landed

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The first group of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa following escalating anti-immigrant attacks landed in Lagos on Thursday, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Five years later, I was exactly Elliott’s age when “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” landed in theaters in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In 1975, a Brazilian named Edson Arantes do Nascimento landed in New York to sign for a short-lived team called the Cosmos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In some of those pockets, homelessness and street crime are the most salient issues facing the city, and Pratt’s apocalyptic talk about them landed as a tonic.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

With a sickening crunch I landed on the ledge.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff