crash-lands

• “Planet of the ApesPlot: Charlton Heston crash-lands on a distant planet ruled by apes.”

  The Guardian: Look away now: Do movie spoilers really matter?

• “When you are young and your hero crash-lands in the Sahara or treks through the snows of Tibet, you do, too.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Tintin & Co.

• “Runaway tells the story of a phoenix (played by model Selita Ebanks) who crash-lands on Kanye's sports car in a Czech forest.”

  The Guardian: Kanye West's Runaway: Purple Rain or bird brains?

• “Back then, a crew of astronauts crash-lands in the distant future on a planet where intelligent apes dominate humans.”

  Voice of America: Lab Chimp Leads Revolt Against Humans in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

• “When Galactica made its last jump and wound up crippled in orbit around the Moon, I thought this was exactly what we were going to get: Galactica crash-lands on primitive Earth while the rest of the fleet is just left out there, never to be heard from again.”

  ‘The Battlestar Ending You Didn’t See’ « Gerry Canavan

• “Smallville started with a story known 'round the world: An alien crash-lands on Earth, where he's found by a couple who have been desperate, but unable to have a child.”

  From Clark Kent to Superman: A Look Back at 10 Years of Smallville

• “Captain Lights wants to “harvest the sounds of the universe” while avenging the destruction of her planet by the evil sound-stealing Lotar when she crash-lands on a planet with no music.”

  Captain Lights’ Audio Quest: The Return of Dazzler? » Comics Worth Reading

• “Planetfall cast you as a lowly ensign in a space fleet whose escape pod crash-lands on a deserted planet.”

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• “Nigel Farage suffers minor injuries after two-seater aircraft towing Ukip banner crash-lands in Northamptonshire”

  The Guardian: Ukip's Nigel Farage injured in aeroplane crash

• “Never mind the schools, hospitals, children's centres and whatever else – or, to cut him some slack, the time he now finds for diplomatic and charity work: each time he crash-lands in the headlines New Labour is once again a byword for excess, the blurring of public office and private privilege, and mere mortals forced to chase the dream by living on tick.”

  The Guardian: From political wizard to a byword for excess. The journey's over for Tony

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