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

The Mayflower landed a year after another ship brought the first African slaves to Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

She landed so close she drenched me with water but in her mad run she’d left the bank blind, wanting only to get in the water and away from the maddening flies.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen