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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
Verb
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The National Weather Service has confirmed two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in West Michigan as severe storms swept through the Midwest on Thursday night.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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The Griffin lander will demonstrate its ability to land with no official NASA payload, but will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of Nobile crater close to the lunar south pole.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Hunters often lit blazing fires, which disoriented and frightened the elk, and as many animals as possible were killed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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This type of signage became so ubiquitous and so grotesquely huge across the city as businesses advertised and competed for visual attention that they were forcefully phased out by the government in the 2010s and replaced by Korean letters tastefully cut out to be lit from within instead.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
Verb
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The first film follows an adorable blue extraterrestrial creature who crash-lands in Hawaii and gets adopted by a young girl and her older sister.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Through his book brings audiences inside moments few will ever experience: ejecting from a failing aircraft, managing an engine fire at twice the speed of sound, crash-landing a jet while fighting to keep it upright, and flying combat missions over Afghanistan.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His nagging hamstring strain prevents him pretty much only from running full speed, but that was enough to land him on the 10-day IL.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
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After making a three-pointer, Brunson landed on Wembanyama's foot.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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“Belly-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-land. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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