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Recent Examples of crash-land
But the plane veered hundreds of miles off course after being diverted over the Caspian Sea towards Kazakhstan, and crash-landed near the city of Aktau, killing at least 38 of the 67 people on board.
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Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
In 2013, an Asiana Airlines plane crash-landed in San Francisco, killing three and injuring approximately 200.
—Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Distracted by his unexpected passengers, Santa loses control and crash-lands in downtown Chicago without his reindeer, magic hat, and sack of toys.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Four people were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in South Texas after a twin-engine Piper PA-31 crash-landed on a road, colliding with three cars before breaking apart, authorities said.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
In 2013, an Asiana Airlines plane crash-landed in San Francisco, killing three and injuring approximately 200.
—Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Distracted by his unexpected passengers, Santa loses control and crash-lands in downtown Chicago without his reindeer, magic hat, and sack of toys.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Four people were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in South Texas after a twin-engine Piper PA-31 crash-landed on a road, colliding with three cars before breaking apart, authorities said.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
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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 plane, a Boeing 737-800, belly-landed on the runway at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea after an overnight flight, apparently with flaps and landing gear retracted.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
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My grandpa Sol from the Austin neighborhood was a U.S. Postal Service worker who was sent off to World War II and landed on Utah Beach on D-Day — a Jewish man who served to liberate all of us.Jennifer Guzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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The plane eventually left KC for Denver at 5:20 p.m. Saturday and landed about 1 1/2 hours later.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
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After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Almost immediately, Thom had my shoulder, his eyes alight with a miracle.Lauren Oyler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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Wedding and Shirani touched down in Los Angeles in June of 2008, the FBI was watching.Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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The jackets were worn by Fiesta Bowl committee members, dozens of which were in attendance as the Broncos touched down.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
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Head downtown around dusk and the crows are hard to miss — roosting in trees, squawking to each other and plastering the sidewalk with their droppings, but not if Draco has anything to do with it.Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Pigeons roost noisily on the windowsill, as always.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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The little, low room was dimly lighted with oil-lamps, and the boys clumped about the stoves in their cowhide boots, and laughed and buzzed and ate apples and peanuts and giggled, and grew suddenly solemn when the grave men and women looked at them.Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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The motley crew celebrates the arrival of 1971 toward the end of the film, lighting an M-80 firecracker in the kitchen.Kate Stroup, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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The next ingredient was a high-pressure weather system perched over southern Idaho.Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Electricity and water have been cut off to the camp since the start of the campaign Dec. 14, and PA snipers perched above buildings monitor its entrance, residents say.Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2025
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