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
Johnson touched down in Rome on Thursday after an overnight flight, and meetings with the pope followed in the late afternoon.
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Vince Gerasole, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Now, less than a week after touching down in the Bay, the Valkyries are ready to start collecting on their investment.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen touch down at the Tangles photo call during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
That drone touches down at the address of architect Otone Komoto (Haruka Ayase), who designed her family’s modernist home, an arrangement of overlapping boxes stacked around a garden courtyard.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Vince Gerasole, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Now, less than a week after touching down in the Bay, the Valkyries are ready to start collecting on their investment.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Seth Rogen and his wife Lauren Miller Rogen touch down at the Tangles photo call during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 14.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
That drone touches down at the address of architect Otone Komoto (Haruka Ayase), who designed her family’s modernist home, an arrangement of overlapping boxes stacked around a garden courtyard.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touch down
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Gillette Castle State Park in Connecticut Gillette Castle State Park feels like stepping into a storybook perched above the Connecticut River.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Suzanna waits for hours in the bank’s vestibule—that practical but indeterminate space shielding the true interior from the intemperate outdoors—much to the bewilderment of the young security guard perched on a stool nearby.—
Laura Miller,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Just an hour-and-a-half drive from Buffalo Bill State Park lands you in Thermopolis, home of Hot Springs State Park.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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While the men who landed on the beaches of Normandy are remembered each year, Museum officials said the women on the home front played an essential role in making Allied victory possible.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Another person lit a pyrotechnic device that generates an explosion of smoke in the color of blue for a boy or pink for a girl, as seen in surveillance video.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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In a criminal complaint, authorities allege Rinderknecht caused the initial fire by lighting a combustible material, such as vegetation or paper, with an open flame, likely a lighter.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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“Touch down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touch%20down. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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