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  • present participle of land.
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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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But although the landing of Beagle 2 was successful, it was branded as a failed mission as it was unable to connect back to Earth once it landed.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Unable to see the area through the tall grass, Luce looked at the map on his smartphone to find a suitable landing zone for a medevac helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The president would typically make the trip by air, but conditions prevented planes and helicopters from landing in Oklahoma.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Irene stood on the landing outside the bathroom, shock scrawled across her face.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

However, since flights between the U.A.E. and Israel began after they diplomatically recognized each other in 2020, there have been incidents where Israel-bound planes have made emergency landings in the kingdom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But to get there, the two-time company founder is looking back more than 50 years to the space agency’s days of quick decision-making and innovation that led to the moon landings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A lightning strike on air traffic control systems at Luton Airport has affected flight landings and schedules.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Phase I of NASA's Moon Base architecture plan, which is underway now through 2029, calls for more than twenty robotic landings.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

All eleven rooms, plus the hallways and staircase landings, were quickly jammed full.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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