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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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.