alight upon
Example Sentences
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For some time, there has been an assumption that — at one point or another — the Premier League will inevitably alight upon its own version of this approach.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
The first victims are seabirds, graceful creatures that alight upon the ocean’s surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021
The trio think the death is solved — as the police do, ruling it a suicide — then Mabel and Charles both alight upon the same idea in the middle of the night.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021
David has me wade into the waters of the James River and alight upon a jet ski.
From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2017
Everybody in fact had got off, before the coaita was aware of their intention to abandon it, and to such a distance that by no leap could it alight upon anybody’s shoulders.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
