land
noun
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands.
were landing
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past progressiveof land.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Fishers said they were landing between four and six tonnes of them a day.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
Gershman said he questions how the repeated recitation of Cohen’s lies in particular were landing with jurors.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
They also argued that the court lacked jurisdiction and that the crew wasn’t told that they were landing on a snowmobile trail.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
For 10 years before that, it was called “LA/Ontario International Airport,” so passengers wouldn’t panic, thinking they were landing in Canada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Instead, he said, the giant figures were landing signals for space travelers; the whole plain was a sort of gigantic extraterrestrial airport.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
