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Recent Examples of crash-land
In comparison, The Angry Birds Movie 2 crash-landed in 2019 with global earnings of $147.8 million.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Based on preliminary information, the Falcon 9 rocket part was dragged out of orbit in an uncontrolled manner, which is likely why the vehicle appeared to reenter Earth’s atmosphere over Europe and crash-land this week.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The 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
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Based on preliminary information, the Falcon 9 rocket part was dragged out of orbit in an uncontrolled manner, which is likely why the vehicle appeared to reenter Earth’s atmosphere over Europe and crash-land this week.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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
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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 Mavericks' remarkable reversal of fortune When the NBA draft lottery arrived on May 12, Dallas had a 1.8 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The same day, a plane carrying Mickey Bruce and his Oregon teammates landed at Willow Run Airport for a game against Michigan.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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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.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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The male godwits are the first to appear, alighting in the boggy tundra fen.—
Carlyn Kranking,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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The exec touched down in the UK capital for a gala screening on Sunday of episodes one and two of Paul Syrstad’s series Testament.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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The performances, announced exclusively on Variety, see the pop singer touching down in Vegas over Labor Day weekend, with a pair of nights slated for Venetian’s Voltaire venue that seats a thousand patrons.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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All of this came to roost in Tesla’s most recent earnings report last week.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Glass birds in the mornings and roost them in the evenings to better understand their behavior.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2025
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His cast includes manatees who use flatulence to control their buoyancy and cave dwelling fungus gnats that create beautiful, illuminated fly-traps from the mucus lit by their bioluminescent butts.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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The Democrats are getting ready to light $20 million on fire to study their unpopularity!—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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The origin of the tradition was in 1936, when Louis Meyer, after having won his third Indy 500, sat perched on his car and had a bottle of buttermilk in his left hand.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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The cat, perched beside Riley, was recorded gently licking the side of his canine sibling's face.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-land. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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