land
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More than 107,000 hectares of land have burnt countrywide so far this year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The idea that nearly everyone born on the land became a citizen was so pervasive as to have a name: jus soli, or “the right of the soil.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“If this is the land we call home, why should we choose to run or surrender?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Colleagues of Steers carried on her mission, including an effort to raise $10 million to buy land near the eagles’ nest that was slated for development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
I walk, determined, staking the land in a long but deep horizontal shape.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Pericana lands dark and red and glistening with oil, a spread for bread made with sun-dried tomatoes, peppers, and cured fish.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The release lands about 40 years after the New Jersey-raised musician appeared in the music video for the popular song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Al-Dabba himself lost some 400 hives, which he had kept in agricultural lands east of Gaza City.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
They also reported that in Australia, California and southwestern Europe, fires burned more intensely on protected lands, which makes them more dangerous to nearby residents and more damaging to natural habitats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“They tell me she also lands all the lead roles in the school musicals.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
California lost two big oil refineries in the past year, as well as much of the Asian fuel supplies that landed on its coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
They landed on Matières Fécales — not the more familiar French “merde,” or “caca,” but the considerably more clinical term for fecal matter.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Bubic initially landed on the injured list in mid-May with a low-grade flexor strain in his left forearm, he specified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
She had the kind of face that wouldn’t blink if a spaceship landed in front of her and a herd of chickens flew out the door.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The Federal Aviation Administration launched a pilot program for electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, in March.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Wisk got its start as a joint venture between Boeing and Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk Corp. and has flown six generations of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Six years ago, “Ted Lasso” reminded us that many winning TV shows are the result of the right sentiment landing at the right time — or, in this case, a terrible time.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The plane eventually took off from the Tasmanian city of Hobart in the early hours of Friday morning, before landing at the US research station on Ross Island.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lily bounces up and down, landing squarely on my kneecap again.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
