landing place

Example Sentences

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The ball looped lazily out of play before lodging in the crook of George’s left elbow, an unlikely landing place.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

According to Zeitzer, one natural landing place in terms of budget negotiations is where everything started: with the broad spending limits laid out in the debt-ceiling agreement cemented back in June.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2023

The measure was placed on what’s called the “consent calendar,” the soft landing place for bipartisan bills that are so noncontroversial dozens are routinely passed simultaneously en masse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

It was the landing place of about 15 percent of the 105,000 migrants who arrived in Italy last year, according to the International Organization for Migration.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Even so, Odysseus had to swim for two days and nights before he reached land and could find a safe landing place.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton