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Recent Examples of crash-land
Meanwhile, Okarun and Jiji — ejected from the Buddha robot — crash-land in a nearby rice field.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
First, she crash-lands on a rather inhospitable moon, whose eccentric orbit passes through the atmosphere of a nearby gas giant.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The mile-wide, 550-foot-deep gouge people see today was crafted in roughly 10 seconds when the meteorite, traveling at 26,000 mph, crash-landed in what was then a forest of juniper and piñon pines.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
On June 26, a meteorite streaked across the daytime sky and crash-landed in Atlanta, drawing attention across the US Southeast.
—New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
First, she crash-lands on a rather inhospitable moon, whose eccentric orbit passes through the atmosphere of a nearby gas giant.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The mile-wide, 550-foot-deep gouge people see today was crafted in roughly 10 seconds when the meteorite, traveling at 26,000 mph, crash-landed in what was then a forest of juniper and piñon pines.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
On June 26, a meteorite streaked across the daytime sky and crash-landed in Atlanta, drawing attention across the US Southeast.
—New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
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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.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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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
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Southwest said the Boeing 737 landed safely a short time later.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Several reasons were to blame for the scary-low turnout, including a dearth of new releases as well as the misfortune of Halloween landing on a Friday, which meant families were distracted by trick-or-treating.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Determining the species of necrophagous flies (the kind that alight on a body, then lay eggs there) and other insects isn't always easy, though, and forensic entomology is such a specialized discipline that few law enforcement agencies have ready access to an expert in the field.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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The trailing parent touches down.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Hurricane Melissa touched down this week as a Category 3 hurricane that has now become a Category 5.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The county said construction for the park would not take place within 200 feet of roosting sites for the bat, but provided no evidence to support that as a proper buffer, adding another inadequacy to the environmental review, Bacal said.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Accompanied by a hilarious music video which shows all that drama coming home to roost, this is another ear worm in his ever-expanding catalog of catchy hooks and varied takes on love songs.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2025
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Everything is dark around us, but the collision itself is a source of energy and the flash of it lights us up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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There’s also a replica of the Florida Everglades, The Treewalk Village, a playground and a holiday season visual show, Luminosa, where lanterns light 13 acres amid live music, food and cultural offerings.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Beetle buzzes by with tiny pumpkins perched on top, and Xuanwu, a ground robot carrying a drone, walks ominously in the background.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-land. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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