landed

Example Sentences

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It was his self-taught talent with puppets that landed him the gig.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

I landed on a blend: Parmesan for salt and umami and that quiet architectural integrity; Pepper Jack for melt and a soft, lingering heat that hums instead of shouts.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Here’s how I outsmarted lifestyle creep: I knew I couldn’t trust myself with extra income when I landed my first job out of graduate school.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 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

We landed in a pile of potatoes—mashed potatoes now—in the castle kitchen.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff