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Recent Examples of crash-land
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Somewhere on a distant island, a verdant little slice of nature filled to the brim with all of North America’s greatest hits creatures (bears, raccoons, skunks, foxes, geese, all the recognizable stars), a snazzy robot has crash-landed.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Somewhere on a distant island, a verdant little slice of nature filled to the brim with all of North America’s greatest hits creatures (bears, raccoons, skunks, foxes, geese, all the recognizable stars), a snazzy robot has crash-landed.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
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When his home run finally landed, it was corralled by 10-year-old Dodgers fan Zachary Ruderman.Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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Return to Oz, which grossed $11 million and landed an Oscar nom for the visual effects that incorporated claymation by Will Vinton, marked Murch’s first and last directorial effort.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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To some extent those thought processes—weighing evidence, sifting through thousands of potentially important pieces of data and alighting on a few, handling uncertainty, employing the elusive but essential quality of insight—are amenable to machine learning, but much handcrafting is also involved.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2015
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This week, the 45-year-old magazine/website/social platform/events operator alighted in Palm Desert, Calif., for its annual Inc. 5000 shindig, three days of celebrating the little guy in a time of corporate gigantism.David Bloom, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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In fact, Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris touched down here at the same time yesterday.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The month begins on a transformative note as the new moon in Scorpio touches down on your 10th house of career, public image and long-term pursuits.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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National trends, however, are coming home to roost.Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Black Lodge: When Only a New Chalet Will Do Black Lodge is located in Courchevel 1850, where the crème de la crème of Courchevel scene makers come to roost.Everett Potter, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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On the wall, lights the shape of geometric tiles cast a soft glow in changing colors according to whatever is onscreen.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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Also impressive were the faces lit only the golden light streaming into the darkness of the tunnels of the Colosseum.Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Helping themselves to the complimentary snacks at the resort’s Tree Houses, which are private cabins built of aromatic red cedar, and perched 2,700-feet over the Dan River Gorge.Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the pulsating world of thriller fiction, pacing is the silent conductor, orchestrating a symphony of tension and release that keeps readers perched on the edge of their seats.JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
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