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After multiple tries, the pilots declared an emergency and landed with the nose gear up, skidding to a stop with the front of the plane scraping the runway.
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Sheriff’s officials said the chase continued for miles before deputies physically forced the car to a stop, arrested McSwane at gunpoint and rescued the uninjured kidnapping victim from the back of the car.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
The film, so enjoyably wacky at first, deflates and drifts to a stop like one of its showboat cars running on empty.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
The planes were rickety contraptions with no brakes that belched castor oil and had to be dragged to a stop with a tail skid after landing.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
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Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Sheriff’s officials said the chase continued for miles before deputies physically forced the car to a stop, arrested McSwane at gunpoint and rescued the uninjured kidnapping victim from the back of the car.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
The film, so enjoyably wacky at first, deflates and drifts to a stop like one of its showboat cars running on empty.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 May 2025
The planes were rickety contraptions with no brakes that belched castor oil and had to be dragged to a stop with a tail skid after landing.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
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“To a stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20a%20stop. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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