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Recent Examples of belly-land
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.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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
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
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belly-land
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Three people were injured when tornadoes touched down at Concord (Cleburne County) and Dyer (Crawford County), near Norman (Montgomery County) and Lamar (Johnson County), according to the Arkansas Gazette.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the midst of your solar season, April’s first quarter moon will touch down on your domestic fourth house of home, family and emotional foundations.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Engage Your Senses In a shared office environment, playing loud music or lighting a scented candle is frowned upon.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Think of those who sit in the dark and wait for their time, hoping and waiting for a light to light their path.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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In comparison, The Angry Birds Movie 2 crash-landed in 2019 with global earnings of $147.8 million.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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Sandberg baffles her by appearing to claim, falsely, that she’d been booked on an Asiana flight that crash-landed, escaping only because of a last-minute switch.—
Michelle Goldberg,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The globe-trotting Memento Mori tour landed at No. 9 on Billboard’s list of the top 10 highest-grossing rock tours of 2024 with grosses of nearly $125 million across 63 shows that sold 910,000 tickets.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Paramount+’s 1923 landed at No. 3 with 833 million minutes viewed/12 available episodes, followed by Netflix’s Love Is Blind (749 million minutes/110 episodes) and Netflix’s Beauty in Black (733 million minutes/16 episodes).—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Belly-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-land. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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