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The passengers left on a chartered flight from Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Sunday and landed at Torrejón de Ardoz military airport, east of Madrid, according to Spain’s Defense Ministry.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026 -
That game, a 34-31 Wildcats win in the first year of the Shedeur Sanders era, was the first impression Coleman left on the state of Colorado before the Broncos landed on him two years later.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Four alighted on a paper towel dispenser.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Then, while Louise was peering through the letterbox, our mother alighted from the back of a black cab.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Inside the fairgrounds she’s known as Venus Electrificata, a flapper femme fatale perched atop a low-voltage platform, ready to deliver a mild shock to any punter willing to spend a few francs for a kiss.—
Ben Croll,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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The witness stand, where Altman is perched, is right next to Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ seat.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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His new film Fatherland, like Cold War and Ida, is shot in a lustrous monochrome that turns shadows into punctuation marks and sunbeams into something holy, and that makes its performers, chief among them an incredible Sandra Hüller, look lit from within.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Johnson retrieved a gas can from a tool shed in the backyard, doused Whitaker and the house with gasoline, lit a dish towel on fire, threw it at Whitaker and left, the attorney general's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Two lovers embraced in a curtained room, while a white peacock roosted on a ledge.—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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Exposure often happens during activities like remodeling old buildings or clearing areas where birds have roosted.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Dec. 2025
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John Travolta touched down at Cannes with his directorial debut, Propeller One-Way Night Coach, at the Cannes Film Festival, where he was given the honorary Palme d’Or.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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The golf great’s private jet touched down in Florida on Wednesday at the Palm Beach International Airport.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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“Crash-landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-landed. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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