make landfall

idiom

: to reach land after a journey by sea or air
They made landfall on the fourth day of their journey.

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There is still too much uncertainty with forecast models to tell if Kiko will make landfall, forecasters said. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lorena is forecast to make landfall much sooner, bringing heavy rainfall across Mexico through Friday. Solcyré Burga, Time, 4 Sep. 2025 Authorities in Vietnam plan to evacuate more than 586,000 people from the central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Hue and Danang, where the typhoon is forecast to make landfall early on Monday, state media reported. CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025 Much like Erin, this tropical storm is not expected to make landfall before dying out next week. Peter Aitken hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for make landfall

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“Make landfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20landfall. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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