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Recent Examples of crash-landThe authorities are investigating what caused a plane to crash-land and flip over on the runway in Toronto yesterday.—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 In the first, the girls crash-land in a vast wilderness on their way to a soccer tournament.—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 Sandberg baffles her by appearing to claim, falsely, that she’d been booked on an Asiana flight that crash-landed, escaping only because of a last-minute switch.—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article The Delta flight that crash-landed and flipped over at Toronto’s main airport last month descended fast enough to set off an emergency alert, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crash-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.
But this also is a team that with the current Bam Adebayo-Tyler Herro core has landed in the play-in round the past three years, its last direct playoff entry not since 2022.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
The $500 million expansion fee paid by the ownership group led by Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, blew away the previous MLS record of $325 million paid by David Tepper to land Charlotte FC.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2025
As another fire began to alight in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, residents in the Hollywood Hills — as well as onlookers worldwide — feared for the safety of those involved, not to mention the iconic Hollywood Sign.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
The male godwits are the first to appear, alighting in the boggy tundra fen.
The first phase will only include a paved airstrip to allow for planes to touch down from the university’s Daytona campus, Tedrow told the board on Wednesday.
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Katie Sartoris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
In other highlights Timothée Chalamet, who touched down in Rome with Kylie Jenner and his father, received a Special David Award for Cinematic Excellence, alongside Italian actress Ornella Muti.
During the tricky Death monologues, Urbina subtly shines a spotlight on the actor, while the others, frozen in place, are dimly lit, still able to be seen.
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Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
On a gas model, light the burners on one side, leaving the opposite side off.
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