land
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Expert have also warned that hotter temperatures are making the land drier and more prone to ignition.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
By the time those customers are boarding flights back to the land without ranch, many of them have already stocked up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
While mobile home owners hold the title to their house, they don’t own the land beneath it and pay a monthly fee to rent it from a park owner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He loves a huge suburban home outside a major city, but I would rather have something small, on a huge piece of land in a more rural area.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Overnight, the land rush creates new communities, new towns.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Which is why “you can afford it” never lands.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
A major challenge is controlling what happens after each droplet lands on a surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Cadiz spells destruction for water, sacred lands, and the desert economy,” Huerta said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
English lands were handed over the Norman nobles.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The plane lands with a few bumps, and as we race along the runway, the forces of the plane’s momentum and the brakes oppose each other.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
I was covering Phoenix-based US Airways when he landed Flight 1549 on the river in early 2009, saving 155 lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In 1951, Marcus landed at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn as an assistant professor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Conditions deteriorated just before Spain landed in New Jersey on Wednesday night, a day after their semi-final victory over France in Texas.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
When Sharma's memo landed in early June, some staff, including Autumn Mitchell, started to worry.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Rumor has it that she landed face-first in a cow pie on her first sim test. BLAM! Face full of cow poop.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The embarrassing stories kept landing, and the man in charge of the Pentagon now needs the Justice Department’s help to plug a hole he cannot plug alone.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The BA plane which temporarily blocked the runway at Gatwick Airport reportedly experienced a landing gear issue.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A 200-foot-long vessel with a helicopter landing pad, the Emerald was operated by Russia’s FSB security service, rather than its regular military, according to the post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Still, I can see emergency doors at each landing, entrances that lead to different floors in the building.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
