land up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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"It's not simple to sell land up here, it's either all or nothing."
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
A smattering of models disagreed on where a weather system would land up until Thursday morning, when the European weather model, which has been “fairly consistent,” Reedy said, looked to prevail.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
“A cargo-carrying vessel that would have sailed in sight of land up and down the coast.”
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
On a video conference to announce the settlement Monday, I asked Sidhu why the city had declined to put the land up for bid.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022
“That’s right! How could you land up a beggar? Don’t listen to him!”
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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