How to Use landslide in a Sentence

landslide

1 of 2 noun
  • Keep it level or prepare for a cheese landslide.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • As landslides go, Starmer’s was loveless.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The new provisions were repealed in a landslide vote.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This move comes around two years after he was elected in a landslide victory.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 June 2026
  • Three are reported dead in Haiti from a landslide and falling tree.
    — NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
  • One more person was killed in landslide in a neighboring district.
    — CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Since 2009, 41 new landslides have been observed on the moon.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In Nepal, more than 50 people had died due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Most injuries came from falling debris and landslides, per Reuters.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • Rainfall was hampering efforts to reach the villages and many roads were swept away or blocked by the landslides.
    — CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Tsunamis can also be caused by landslides, above or below the ocean surface, or by meteorites.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This rain can melt existing snow, contributing to snow drought as well as flooding and landslides.
    — Alejandro N. Flores, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Had the landslide occurred a few hours later, in the middle of the tourist day, the outcome could have been tragic.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
  • Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
  • Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

landslide

2 of 2 verb
  • That isn’t exactly landslide territory.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That isn’t exactly landslide territory.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Parts of Puerto Rico have already been soaked in recent days, so any additional rainfall could more quickly trigger flash flooding, rises on area waterways and potentially landslides in steep terrain.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Bahamas is the third Caribbean country to head to the polls so far this year, after voters in Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda handed the incumbent parties landslide victories.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • Officials attributed the devastation to continuous heavy rainfall, strong winds, and unstable geological conditions that together fueled flooding, soil movement, and landslides across vulnerable mountain and coastal regions.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025

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