crash-land

Example Sentences

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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 • Feb. 7, 2025

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 • Mar. 6, 2024

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

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

"I have seen them crash-land on to busy roads thinking they are rivers - but nothing like this - it is so bizarre."

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2021

Everyone agreed that only Masha’s plane had been on fire—surely the others had managed to crash-land safely somewhere?

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein