on dry land
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Virginia Eubanks, an investigative journalist and political-science professor living in Troy, N.Y., faced a similar situation in 2015—though it involved a crisis on dry land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
City Hall steps, all seven and a half feet of him, tall as a Lakers center but clumsy as a swan on dry land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Once on dry land, the fish were handed to the judges, who hauled the enormous creatures onto the scales.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
The world will probably not know the results until the ship returns in June -- and further experiments back on dry land could take months, Sweetman added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
We stood on the edges of the room surrounding the posters, like we were on dry land and the posters were floating out to sea.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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