Example Sentences

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The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Then he purposely crash-landed into Ketron Island on Puget Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“Superman” crash-landed on a planet divided, closing out an era defined by crime, economic strife and the Vietnam War.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025

Upon arriving at his warehouse in the quaint Polish village of Komorniki, Adam Burucki discovered that a massive chunk of charred rocket debris had crash-landed on his property.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

It was as though she’d crash-landed on a distant planet, a smoking, ash-covered land.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis