Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-landing
Verb
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After landing at the Palma airport, head to the beach.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
According to Senate President Ty Masterson, the redistricting blitz would in no way jeopardize the state’s chances of landing a stadium megaproject before the end of the year.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Say each word was a bird—alighting briefly, out of reach and then gone again.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The second was to build what amounts to a nonflammable moat around a home to prevent embers from alighting on anything next to a house that could burn and ignite the structure.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In a criminal complaint, authorities allege Rinderknecht caused the fire by lighting a combustible material, such as vegetation or paper, with an open flame, likely a lighter.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
15 Oct. 2025
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Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Though no condors were roosting near the Grand Canyon area wildfires, the Peregrine Fund evacuated three captive condors in their facilities to a safe location.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Here, the wide, shallow channels are perfect for roosting birds, while the surrounding cornfields provide a post-harvest buffet, allowing the cranes to fatten up for the long journey to their breeding grounds in the northern stretches of the United States, Canada, and even Siberia.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Crash-landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-landing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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