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Recent Examples of belly-land
Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 burst into flames after it belly-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two people on board.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, belly-landed on the runway at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea after an overnight flight, apparently with flaps and landing gear retracted.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, belly-landed on the runway at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea after an overnight flight, apparently with flaps and landing gear retracted.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-land
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Just before touching down, DART performs a pitch-leveling maneuver, which straightens its flight angle and ensures all four legs make even contact.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Before touching down in France, Bezos and Sánchez attended the 2025 Kering Foundation Caring for Women Dinner during New York Fashion Week.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That whole environment re-lit something in me.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The record was created with Shellback and Max Martin in between shows on the career-spanning Eras Tour, which lit a fire in the singer-songwriter that blazes across each of its 12 tracks.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Published by Amazon Original Stories for its Kindle platform last year, the story told of a group of mercenaries that crash-land on a remote snow summit.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Okarun and Jiji — ejected from the Buddha robot — crash-land in a nearby rice field.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, after the plane landed though before Andrés and Daria reached the taxi stand, Daria’s wallet went missing.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Keiko Agena had small roles on shows like Sister, Sister, Felicity and Beverly Hills, 90210 before landing the role of Rory Gilmore's best friend, Lane.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Belly-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-land. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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