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
But appraisal is just a fancy word for estimate, and the city never put the land up for bid, even after the state housing agency said doing so could have resolved the violation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
We'd put 'em in the ground and run string around 'em, cutting our land up into six pieces.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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