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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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Last year it demonstrated the Lanyue manned lander, which performed both a propulsive lunar landing and a lunar launch in simulated moon gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Contact on the England international was slight, with Tillman landing on the forward's boot as he fell to the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

United flight 1980 departed from San Francisco International Airport at 6:53 a.m. and flew roughly 90 minutes before landing at San Diego International at 8:28 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Current US passports depict multiple scenes from the country's history such as the Moon landing along with historic sites including the Statue of Liberty.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

She looked up from her landing place, where she’d managed to become wedged between the legs of the smallest chair.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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