as in to perch
to come to rest after descending from the air
the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes
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Recent Examples of touch down
Data from the new study is already being used to help determine the optimal landing site for ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, expected to touch down on Mars in 2030.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Just before touching down, DART performs a pitch-leveling maneuver, which straightens its flight angle and ensures all four legs make even contact.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Before touching down in France, Bezos and Sánchez attended the 2025 Kering Foundation Caring for Women Dinner during New York Fashion Week.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Beerends said 22 tornadoes touched down during the outbreak.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Just before touching down, DART performs a pitch-leveling maneuver, which straightens its flight angle and ensures all four legs make even contact.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Before touching down in France, Bezos and Sánchez attended the 2025 Kering Foundation Caring for Women Dinner during New York Fashion Week.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Beerends said 22 tornadoes touched down during the outbreak.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Last year, moments included a violinist perched 15 feet in the air with a cascading 20-foot dress, a crew of mythic horsehead creatures, the Raven, the Jester, Cersei, and Arachnea.—
Jenny Adams,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Two seats for passengers in the back fold beneath the area where a casket would perch.—
Laura Lane,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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Rossi’s centering pass landed perfectly on Tarasenko’s stick blade, and the veteran ripped a rising shot over the shoulder of Flyers goalie Dan Vladar.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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He was traded to the Mariners in January 2012 as part of a deal that landed Michael Pineda and Jose Campos in pinstripes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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After Tietjen was shot several times, candles were lit around his body.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Together, their work lays the foundation for a future where clean mobility is powered by the very poles that light our streets.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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