Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-landed
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The National Weather Service has confirmed 12 tornadoes touched down during severe storms in Illinois and northern Indiana on March 10.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026 -
During their flyby, the Artemis II crew should be able to spot the landing sites of the Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 missions, both of which touched down on the near side of the moon.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Stockton Kings faced a tough loss against the Greensboro Swarm for Game 1, but that lit a fire under the Kings going into Game 2 -- a must-win for the defending champions.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 29 shots before finally yielding a goal late, while Gabe Landeskog, Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon all lit the lamp in a game that was not as close as the score indicated.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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The moment the plane landed, a mob poured onto the runway and began chasing it by jeep, by motorbike, and on foot.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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All My Sons also landed the award for Best Revival this evening in London.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2026
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The restaurant is perched above the casino on the second floor, next to a food hall that boasts lobster rolls, burgers, pizza, sushi and, yes, tacos.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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By 2024, his team had mapped nearly all of an enormous reef off the Carolina coast, perched a thousand metres down.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Belly-landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landed. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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