belly-landed

verb

past tense of belly-land
as in touched down

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  1. touched down
  2. lit
  3. landed
  4. perched
Verb
  • Vance touched down in Michigan on Thursday for a midterms rally.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The lunar module touched down without a hitch, and Armstrong and Aldrin became famous.
    — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of touched down
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  • However, the original system has limitations when objects are partially visible, distant, or captured in blurry or poorly lit images.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Out of safety concerns — given that the arrays generate electricity whenever lit by the sun — the astronauts needed to wait for the space station to enter the shadow of Earth to see what could be done.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of lit
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  • The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of landed
Verb
  • All this gear is scattered on tabletops perched on the mountainside.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Outside, there’s an elderly woman perched on her snowmobile, smoking a cigarette, who loudly hassles Siaja for a little charity.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of perched
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“Belly-landed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landed. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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