landing
Example Sentences
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In the first round, Paul—dressed in a red and yellow homage to antagonist idol Hulk Hogan—threw 11 punches, landing two.
What followed was an especially soft five-week losing streak, with each weekly close landing deep in the lower half of its range.
From Barron's
Wildlife rescuers, who believe the in-flight Canada goose may have become tired and misjudged its landing, said it suffered just a few cuts and was set to make a swift return to the wild.
From BBC
But nothing could have prepared him for the chaos that came with finally landing his dream job.
“If I look at it as a fight, I look at Joshua landing a jab and a straight right hand and collecting his money,” says the boxing trainer, podcaster, and former announcer Teddy Atlas.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
