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belly-landing

verb

present participle of belly-land
as in touching down

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  1. touching down
  2. lighting
  3. landing
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  • Fifteen seconds after touching down, one of the pilots called for aborting the landing and the engine throttles were increased to a value consistent with go-around thrust, the NTSB said.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of touching down
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  • In recent court hearings, Abdulkarim’s reason for allegedly lighting the goods on fire has played a central role.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a tripod model adds just the right amount of mood lighting to a living room.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of lighting
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  • Space travel is taking off, but landing on the moon will be no easy feat.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But our subsequent economic research showed that studying, going to good schools, and then landing a job working at a prestigious company was hardly the only way to get ahead.
    — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of landing
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“Belly-landing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belly-landing. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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