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good landing

serendipitous success, surprising satisfaction, landing as lightly as a cat, being better than before.

Old pilots say, “Any landing you walk away from is a good landing.”

After a divorce that tore me up, I made a good landing.

My boss fired me the week before Christmas, but I made a good landing.

The morning sun is shining and I’m coming in for a good landing.

I felt bad about losing her, but it was a good landing for me.