crash-lands

verb

present tense third-person singular of crash-land
as in alights

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  1. alights
  2. lands
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  • As pleasure-seeking Venus alights within your 5th House of Self-Expression, fun projects sparkle, and your spirited humor invites others to join a playful challenge.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But before the action alights in the location of the latest dispute between adjacent property owners to catch the eye of directors Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford (yes, grandson of Robert), the shot fills with the telltale red, white and blue of the American flag.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
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  • When a company that builds fire trucks, rail-maintenance machinery, or electric vehicle chargers is invited to bid on a big contract, the request that lands in its inbox can run to thousands of pages of technical specifications.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For a midsized carrier, this usually lands between 40 and 60 subprocesses, each carrying three to 12 variants.
    — Manish Garg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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“Crash-lands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-lands. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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