as in perched
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 touched down
The National Weather Service even confirmed a tornado touched down in the area, KENS5 reported.
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Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 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
Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The crafts team behind the terrifying scenes in Paul Greengrass’s disaster movie The Lost Bus, inspired by the 2018 Camp Fire, one of the deadliest wildfires to ever hit California, touched down at Contenders London on Saturday.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Play Now Photojournalist Philip Holsinger was on the ground when three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
On the heels of a high-flying debut in James Gunn’s Superman, David Corenswet has touched down with a new role modeling menswear for Banana Republic.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 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
Two hours before dawn, a small blue Cessna touched down on the tarmac.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The crafts team behind the terrifying scenes in Paul Greengrass’s disaster movie The Lost Bus, inspired by the 2018 Camp Fire, one of the deadliest wildfires to ever hit California, touched down at Contenders London on Saturday.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Play Now Photojournalist Philip Holsinger was on the ground when three planes touched down in El Salvador, carrying 261 men deported from the United States.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
On the heels of a high-flying debut in James Gunn’s Superman, David Corenswet has touched down with a new role modeling menswear for Banana Republic.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touched down
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One story of the Desert Fathers recounts a sighting of a demon perched on the top of the monastery, busily scribbling down all the faults of the brothers within.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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With the Cielo’s top down and that uncommon V-6 engine perched behind one’s noggin, the whispers and sighs of its dual turbochargers only add to the charm.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2025
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Droves of them just bought the Barezoey Wide Barefoot Sneakers, which have landed in the top spot on Amazon’s New Releases chart this week.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Following her high-scoring performance last week, the actress experienced a rib injury that landed her in the hospital.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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