land up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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That could leave the city with the option to put the land up for bid, then let the winning bidder negotiate with Moreno about the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
"We can land up there, that's not the problem, we do that all the time. But we need the flying condition," said Mr Truffer.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 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
Yet it was queer how the man could land up in a place like this.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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