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Recent Examples of crash-land
In the first, the girls crash-land in a vast wilderness on their way to a soccer tournament.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
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The Boeing Starliner undocked autonomously Sept. 6 and managed to land just fine in New Mexico desert.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Even as Shams makes some naive and dangerous mistakes while trying to land a job, the Sufi teachings of Toufik and his father add positive lessons of love and compassion that help Shams become more grounded and confident.Alissa Simon, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Paul alighted on the basement of 301 W. 46th St., which housed a speakeasy called the Cave of the Fallen Angels during Prohibition.Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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The spotlight may be moments from alighting on you.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Griffin lander will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of Nobile crater close to the lunar south pole.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Jeremy Strong, Jim Parsons (twice), Rachel McAdams (to my mind, the most impressive stage debut of the year), Rachel Zegler, and more have all touched down in New York for limited engagements, some more artistically successful than others but all doing pretty good business.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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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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Burning wood and lighting fireworks can raise smoke concentrations.Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Make lighting the shamash candle easier with this clever electric lighter.Cai Cramer, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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As a friend of the house she was tasked with the honor of lighting up a massive Bird on the Rock creation perched high atop The Landmark, Tiffany’s legendary Fifth Avenue boutique at 57th Street.Hannah Malach, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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More than fifteen million people—sixty-five per cent of the French viewing public—watched as Macron appeared onscreen, perched on a balcony with the plane trees of the palace gardens behind him, filtering the day’s last light.Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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