Example Sentences

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Glimpsed in “Alien: Earth’s” first episode, the Maginot had to be fully fitted out for Episode 5’s flashback to the onboard horror that preceded the crash-landing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

"Those 'exorbitant fees' are the crash-landing of a system that hasn't been planned or funded properly," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

"Hocus Pocus 2" is crash-landing on Disney+ on September 30 and it already has an advantage over the original which came out in theaters during the — blech — summer of 1993.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2022

Alan Tudyk plays Harry, masquerading as a small-town doctor — and a human — after crash-landing on Earth.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2021

The plane they were escorting, a transport aircraft with good navigation equipment, landed safely; but the three Yaks ended up crash-landing in the snow.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein