Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-landing
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At eight seconds, there was a sound consistent with the plane's landing gear touching down on the runway.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026 -
The French plane departed from Muscat, Oman and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, hundreds of Kurds carried flames in a procession up the mountain under purple-black storm clouds, leaving the burning burlap torches lighting the darkness next to a giant Kurdish flag unfurled by the path.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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Plus, Seattle hasn’t been lighting it up, with only five goals scored across four games.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Air traffic controllers are tasked with making sure that planes and firefighting rigs share the space safely, using different radio frequencies to communicate with pilots landing the planes and firefighters responding to the scene to help, McCloskey said.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Belly-landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landing. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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