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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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The deep pass from Love was knocked away by Carolina’s Nick Scott, with Panthers cornerback Marco Wilson landing on Watson’s chest at the end of the play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Safran also manufactures landing gear, aircraft seats, and lavatories.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Jet2 said flight LS1310 from Venice moved off the runway after landing on Sunday afternoon due to "exceptional weather conditions" caused by the storm.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

It was the camel landing on my leg.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Fighter jets are practicing hundreds of takeoffs and landings from flight decks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Eisenhower led the US war effort against Nazi Germany, commanding the D-Day landings that launched the phase of conflict leading to Adolf Hitler's defeat.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

These triumphant landings were due in considerable part to the great skill invested in their design, fabrication and testing, and to the abilities of the spacecraft controllers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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