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landing

noun as in harbor

noun as in act of a person/thing that lands

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The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.

Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.

Pan Am was granted landing rights at Camp Colombia, an army base near Havana.

We got to the landing and ran through the open door bin Laden entered.

A pair of shots chiseled into the wall behind the second story landing.

In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.

I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.

There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.

A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.

Nevertheless, both our arrival that evening and our landing the next morning were very quiet and peaceful.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to landing, such as: dock, anchorage, berth, jetty, marina, and pier.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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