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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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And that they are, landing their first title since 1968.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The president would typically make the trip by air, but conditions prevented planes and helicopters from landing in Oklahoma.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The aerospace giant on Monday said it had "informed all 737 operators about a software issue where pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario."

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lily bounces up and down, landing squarely on my kneecap again.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

With few aircraft able to take off, it is understood landings are being restricted, leading to some flights being prevented from departing from overseas airports.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Phase I of NASA's Moon Base architecture plan, which is underway now through 2029, calls for more than twenty robotic landings.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

In Robert Capa’s photograph of GIs on the USS Samuel Chase just before the D-Day landings, soldiers play craps with French banknotes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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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