belly-landed

past tense of belly-land

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-landed
Verb
  • Friends of the couple and other Hollywood A-listers, including Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Benson Boone, Sombr, Jason Sudeikis, Hugh Grant, and more, touched down in the area.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • The original Mothership touched down at the Municipal Auditorium in October 1976 as part of the P-Funk Earth Tour.
    Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • That's why the plants often struggle in the average dimly lit living room.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • Louis had lit Bruce on fire with Claudia’s (Delainey Hayles) diary entry as a punishment for raping her.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The Emmy-winning host and executive producer of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has landed a guest role on General Hospital, appearing in a three-episode arc that'll air on July 2, 3 and 6 on ABC.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • During Friday's public feeding, a butterfly landed on one of the group members, whose mother had recently died.
    Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Many of these restaurants will open during January’s launch phase; meanwhile, lunch at Tapasake lives up to its extraordinary surroundings, perched on The Link’s broad rooftop, sheltered between the two towers.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • It would have been perched on the ship’s grand staircase, and is the only one to have been recovered from the wreckage.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026
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“Belly-landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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