landing
Example Sentences
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“It was an unscheduled landing, completely unexpected. Depending on who you believe, either the radar was out of order briefly while it was landing—or it just appeared. Out of nowhere.”
From Literature
Within days of landing in Dhaka, the still grieving heir assumed leadership of the BNP.
From Barron's
As compelling as any movie might be, it won’t fully succeed unless it sticks the landing.
From Los Angeles Times
Narrow-body jet engines experience higher stress from repeated takeoffs and landings.
The report raised hopes that the U.S. economy may yet pull out a rare soft landing — that is, cutting inflation to the Fed’s 2% annual target while avoiding a recession in doing so.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
