These days we describe such wing clipped journalists as 'embedded'.

"The next thing I saw, the wing clipped the house next to mine, went into the trees and blew up in the river."

Edwards gets his wings clipped, and what do they have in his place?

There was a rending crash as the right wing clipped the trunk.

With the single wing clipped, they can only fly for short distances to perch.

The front wing had clipped the lamppost and there were skidmarks but that was about all.

The Zero's wing clipped the deck before the plane crashed into the sea.

One wing clipped a tree, ripping off a branch; then he was in the open and gaining altitude.

Belal had to have his wings clipped, once and for all.

Protectionism must have its wings clipped, whatever the cost.