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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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The sweetness of the vegetables became more nuanced instead of landing like a sledgehammer.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The mission landing is still regarded, however, as an historic success for the European Space Agency which has subsequently influenced future exploration.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Unable to see the area through the tall grass, Luce looked at the map on his smartphone to find a suitable landing zone for a medevac helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

He stops on the landing and turns to face me.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

But to get there, the two-time company founder is looking back more than 50 years to the space agency’s days of quick decision-making and innovation that led to the moon landings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Rather, their plan is to scale up so-called Operation Carpet, under which drones circulate near Russian airports, forcing air-traffic control to pause takeoffs and landings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The system will have dual landings in India – at Machilipatnam, providing a shorter subsea route to Hyderabad, and at a new landing location in South Chennai, adding diversity to existing routes.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

Operation Forager was under the command of Admiral Nimitz, and Marine General Holland Smith was in charge of the amphibious landings.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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