Sentence examples for forced to ground from inspiring English sources

After the unmanned devices were spotted flying above flames and smoke from the blazes this year — which altogether burned about 36,000 acres — fire crews were forced to ground water-dropping aircraft.

The United Nations said it would be forced to ground helicopters that had been ferrying aid to Myanmar's cyclone survivors unless donors quickly provided more financing.

In 2008, when oil soared above $147 a barrel in New York, the airlines were forced to ground thousands of planes, including some of the least fuel-efficient planes, in a desperate bid to stem their losses.

Boeing rolled out its 787 Dreamliner three years late, and early this year was forced to ground the plane for three months after its lightweight but volatile lithium-ion batteries proved prone to overheating.

As airlines were forced to ground flights for five days in the wake of the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, some criticized the European authorities as having overreacted and needlessly stranding millions of passengers and tons of cargo.

American was forced to ground its entire MD-80 fleet of about 300 planes over a four-day period in April 2008, canceling more than 3,000 flights and stranding thousands of passengers, to perform the required maintenance.

Lenders have been forced to give ground in some states.

When he asked the police "Why am I being detained?" he was forced to the ground.

Byrket alleged that he was forced to the ground, handcuffed and thrown in the police vehicle.

Judge McCarthy ruled that Mr. Hayashi, like Mr. Popov, "was involuntarily forced to the ground".

A man in his 70s was forced to the ground and trampled over.