landing
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Cravath has long been one of the most prestigious law firms on Wall Street, and a coveted landing spot for top law school graduates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The flaps, located on the back of the wings, are "part of what helps the plane kind of slow down and gently approach a landing", he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, striking a van and killing five people, have been released from hospital, officials said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
On Tuesday night, the Rams will board a plane bound for Melbourne, landing in Australia Thursday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
By mid-April, the snow melted enough that snowplows could clear a path on old logging roads up to a landing above Coldwater Creek.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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
Boats have toppled pilings, and hard landings have cracked sterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
The D-Day landings join more than 50 French sites already inscribed on the list, alongside the spectacular Mont Saint Michel island in Normandy and the Palace of Versailles.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 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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