crash-land

Example Sentences

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Nearly five months on, authorities are still studying what may have caused the plane to crash-land at Muan International Airport and then burst into flames.

From BBC

I’m here to tell you how lucky I’ve been for half a century, why I wouldn’t change a thing if someone loaded me into a time machine, and why, even though I’m buckled into a seat on the Hindenburg, I still want to order a few more cocktails before we crash-land.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a more than 1% chance the asteroid will make its way toward Earth and crash-land on the planet in December 2032.

From Los Angeles Times

Another study showed that a group of frogs called pumpkin toadlets had become so small that the fluid-filled canals in their ears that confer balance no longer functioned properly, causing them to crash-land when jumping.

From Science Daily

Both characters are humanoids from faraway planets who crash-land on Earth.

From New York Times