crash-land

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Recent Examples of crash-land Another more popular theory assumes that Earhart and Noonan continued flying south after not finding Howland and crash-landed on Gardner Island, now known as Nikumaroro Island, in the western Pacific Ocean. Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 July 2025 The action thriller stars Gerard Butler and Mike Colter as a commercial pilot and a fugitive who crash-land in a war zone. EW.com, 13 June 2025 The film follows a boy from the distant future who crash-lands in 2075 after misusing a time-travel suit, forming a poignant bond with Iris, a lonely girl raised by a robot. Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 June 2025 Brodie briefly contacts the airline's emergency hotline, but the operator doesn't believe the flight crash-landed in hostile territory. EW.com, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences 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
  • 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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  • The buzz: A bit of trade deadline brinksmanship — the Athletics landed star pitcher Jon Lester — at the Tigers nursed a four-game division lead resulted in a three-way deal consummated during a day game at Comerica Park, with Jackson being pulled from center field midway through the seventh inning.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
  • Davidovich Fokina also held championship points against Miomir Kecmanović of Serbia at the Delray Beach Open in February, missing what would have been a match-winning forehand as close to the sideline as De Minaur’s lob landed — just on the wrong side of it.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 July 2025
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  • In her book, Morrison writes that Michaels first alighted on O’Brien as a possible new Late Night host because of his humor pedigree.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • On the day Moore announced her departure, Deadline’s runners and riders piece pointed to early speculation alighting on Phillips taking on the role and her frontrunner status appeared to have been cemented several weeks later.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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  • Tyler recently wrapped a four-night run in New York city with plans to touch down in Japan, South Korea and Thailand before wrapping in the Philippines on September 20-21.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 21 July 2025
  • Amidst all the excitement of the tour touching down in the U.K., Lamar’s fans have not only continued to consume his music, but have done so in such large numbers that multiple albums and singles return to the charts.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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  • Those chickens have come home to roost, and not in ways that are to the president's advantage.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • This was a conspiracy that Donald Trump, Pam Bondi and these MAGA extremists have been fanning the flames of for the last several years and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 15 July 2025
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  • However, the set up casts light far beyond the highway, extending onto beaches even 12 miles away, including Little St. Simons and Sapelo.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
  • Earlier this week, McIntyre lit into Scott with some NSFW criticisms of the rapper, a sign that WWE’s relationship with Scott was on the ropes.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
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  • Netflix officially announced the start of the shoot in Italy on July 2, sharing a snap of Collins perched on a vespa.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 July 2025
  • The lodge complex consisted of a main building and 114 standalone cabins perched at some 8,000 feet overlooking the canyon.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 July 2025

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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-land. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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