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
Rolling Loud Australia 2026 will touch down for two one-day festivals on March 7 at Sydney’s Centennial Park and March 8 at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse.
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Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service on Sunday confirmed a brief tornado touched down Saturday in Hot Spring County.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Cargo planes touched down, offloaded their loads, took on passengers, and were back in the air within minutes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Spectacular footage from Starship's recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft's booster before touching down in the rich, blue waters of the Gulf.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Mims, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2025
The National Weather Service on Sunday confirmed a brief tornado touched down Saturday in Hot Spring County.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Cargo planes touched down, offloaded their loads, took on passengers, and were back in the air within minutes.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Spectacular footage from Starship's recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft's booster before touching down in the rich, blue waters of the Gulf.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1982, The property features 18 rooms, seven cabins, a spa, dining porch and wine cellar on 250 acres perched on a nearly mile-high ridgeline with mist-shrouded, forever views of the rolling hills.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, noticed the black-and-white cat perched on the bottom of a shopping cart outside Target on October 4.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other features of the database will be landing pages for master schedules for individual schools, rosters and schedules for individual teams and a page displaying recent scores throughout the state.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Denegal landed on his right shoulder when he was tackled following a 17-yard run.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Content creators and designers alike are using it as the base for side tables, desks, shelving, storage, and even lighting.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
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The scheme came to light thanks to monitoring services that track bets and look for unusual patterns.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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