crash-landing

Definition of crash-landingnext
present participle of crash-land
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Verb
  • Upon landing at the international airport in Conakry, which is named after his father, he was greeted by Guinea’s foreign minister.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Coby White was finally traded after alternating between both backcourt positions and being a starter before landing as Charlotte’s bench gunner to end the season.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • After alighting in a New York City subway station last year, Matthieu Blazy will be unveiling his next Métiers d’Art collection in Rome, Chanel said Friday.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • Just as the sun prepared to sink beyond the escarpments, its rays struck every piece of the fractured glass resting on top of the window frames, alighting all of them at once, as if they were shot with electricity.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The park will feature professional grade fields, lighting for extended play, learning centers and flexible gathering spaces, and will expand access to soccer for all ages for years to come.
    Miceal Chamberlain, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
  • The 29-year-old Colombian winger/midfielder is one of the best goal scorers in the sport, currently lighting it up on the club level for Bayern Munich, after three years with Liverpool.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees are common homes for roosting monarchs, as those tree species provide adequate shelter from weather and predators.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The county said construction for the park would not take place within 200 feet of roosting sites for the bat, but provided no evidence to support that as a proper buffer, adding another inadequacy to the environmental review, Bacal said.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Crash-landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-landing. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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