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landing

[lan-ding] / ˈlæn dɪŋ /


NOUN
act of a person/thing that lands
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“I Love LA” actress Odessa A’zion presented at the Emmy Awards this month in a 1996 Jean Paul Gaultier suit, landing her on best-dressed lists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

In return, the victims got poor quality digital photographs that stood no real chance of landing them professional jobs and most did not get paid modelling work.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Soon, he was landing gigs as a production assistant and camera operator on an American Idol tour and as an assistant camera operator on another National Geographic reality show, Okies vs.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

In Tanji, home to The Gambia's largest fish landing, the stench of rotting catch is becoming an issue.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

We get to the second-floor landing; we’re only three yards away from our destination.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A World War Two veteran who took part in the D-Day landings has died aged 105.

From BBC Aug. 28, 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

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

Our sweat-stained uniforms, still dusty from the endless push-ups and practice jump landings in man-made pits overflowing with sawdust from our first week, clung to our skin.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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