landed

Example Sentences

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Most energy shipments that set off from the Gulf before the war have now landed in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Leinster were heavy favourites heading into the game as they had landed nine bonus-point wins in a row against Edinburgh and had won every meeting in Dublin in the past 21 years.

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

On July 20, 1969, mission control received a message that reassured millions of Americans: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Regretfully, he angled downward and landed on his feet.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell