BELLY-LANDED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

belly-landed

verb

past tense of belly-land

as in touched down

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England’s team plane touched down in Kansas City early Monday morning following a tough World Cup match, and weary players headed to their hotel in Prairie Village.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
People previously reported that Donna touched down in New York City on July 2 just hours before the couple’s intimate 100-person rehearsal at the Infosys Theater, which is on the grounds of Madison Square Garden.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 5 July 2026

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The suspect, who police only identified as a 36-year-old man, then allegedly traveled a mile north to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and allegedly lit and threw another Molotov cocktail at the house of worship, according to investigators.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Video footage of the incident shows a group of passengers who were shocked as the driverless car seemingly approaches lit fireworks in the middle of a street as the explosives are about to launch.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026

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Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage.

— Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

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