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The airman would have received training for a situation like this, and it would have involved turning his beacon signal on, getting to high ground, concealing himself and establishing communications.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

When two MC-130Js, a special-operations aircraft, landed in a makeshift forward-operating base inside Iran they ran into problems when their nose wheels sank into the ground and couldn’t take off, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Fey revealed the lounge has fallen apart after literally being run into the ground by too many Five-Timers Club sketches.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Microsoft’s Azure cloud unit, which was still getting off the ground, would become OpenAI’s sole cloud provider.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

We looked ahead to winter and snow on the ground.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck