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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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He led the Rangers to a junior college national championship and then transferred to East Carolina, before eventually landing at Washington State.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Before landing, however, they experienced additional melting and fragmentation while continuing to lose speed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

These mechanisms are used, among other things, to deploy wing flaps during the plane's landing approach, helping to slow the aircraft.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Although landing a roster spot at a major college is a noteworthy achievement under any circumstances, Bryan faces steep odds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The battle was on at the Bay of Pigs, Cabell told Rusk, but the landing was taking longer than expected.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Canada and US lobster landings have been roughly equal over the years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Also, two-time major golf champion Bryson DeChambeau said that while it’s likely that moon landings have happened, some of the footage we’ve been shown might have been fake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, since flights between the U.A.E. and Israel began after they diplomatically recognized each other in 2020, there have been incidents where Israel-bound planes have made emergency landings in the kingdom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Seuring said in an interview Tuesday that 21 Air’s training for redoing landings was good.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I saw them on the landings, or sometimes, when I went down to the kitchen, behind the counters.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson


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