crash-landing

present participle of crash-land

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-landing
Verb
  • The newsroom is soldiering on, landing scoops, asking questions, doing the work.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • The son of Luc Mettler, who owned an influential Parisian music shop, Mettler relocated to New York in the early 1990s, landing a job as assistant at Back Pocket recording studio.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • After alighting in a New York City subway station last year, Matthieu Blazy will be unveiling his next Métiers d’Art collection in Rome, Chanel said Friday.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In a criminal complaint, authorities allege Rinderknecht caused the initial fire by lighting a combustible material, such as vegetation or paper, with an open flame, likely a lighter.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • Light Your Pathways Both Ervin and Morris recommend lighting the pathways that lead from the driveway or street to the front door using path lights.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees are common homes for roosting monarchs, as those tree species provide adequate shelter from weather and predators.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • 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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“Crash-landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-landing. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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