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They put the land on which their home once sat on the market for $4.93 million at the end of March, with the listing describing the 8,147-square-foot lot as a “rare opportunity to rebuild,” adding that the structure that was previously there had been “a cherished home for over 37 years.”
From MarketWatch
Soon “the spaceship is forced to land on a distant planet, and Rodolfo’s hallucinations grow increasingly intense until he finally succumbs to oxygen deprivation.”
"Kelly goes up for a header, he's gone for the header cleanly. His feet have to land on the ground somewhere," he added on BBC Radio 5 Live.
From BBC
He just knew that any minute a monkey would come flying out of nowhere, land on his back, and start chewing on him.
From Literature
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She became the first Black model to land on the covers of GQ and Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue — achievements denied to Beverly Johnson, Iman and Banks’ nemesis Naomi Campbell, women who paved the way for her.
From Salon
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