crashing
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Officially, it’s closed because a section of the Grand Foyer ceiling gave way in a storm, plaster crashing to the floor, and the building needed to be shut down for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed out of Earth's orbit before crashing into one of Earth's oceans sometime around 2030.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pronounced 'kee-hin', the name refers to the sound of waves crashing at the base of the village site.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
It marked the start of a reckoning for the British tabloid media, which was blamed for hounding her after the car in which she was a passenger was chased by paparazzi before crashing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
A few times he came within inches of crashing into the trees.
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
