as in perching
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 touching down
The French plane departed from Muscat, Oman and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
The French plane departed from Muscat, Oman, and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
—Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The plane departed from Muscat, Oman and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening conflict.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
While some agencies dominate headlines with splashy launches, JAXA often works with a quiet precision that suddenly produces something extraordinary — a spacecraft touching down on an asteroid, a lunar lander executing a daring maneuver, or a new instrument revealing the universe in sharper detail.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Also, look for Steven Spielberg’s new alien movie, Disclosure Day, to invade the broadcast, that pic touching down on June 12.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Feb. 2026
Video shows the plane slowly descending toward the runway, then touching down with a jolt, its wings bouncing as yellow fire and white smoke bursts from beneath it.
—CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Social media video shows the Airbus A321 touching down and bouncing on the runway – and then part of its gear appearing to roll off into the grass.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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
Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
The French plane departed from Muscat, Oman, and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
—Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The plane departed from Muscat, Oman and made a stop in Cairo, Egypt, before touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening conflict.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
While some agencies dominate headlines with splashy launches, JAXA often works with a quiet precision that suddenly produces something extraordinary — a spacecraft touching down on an asteroid, a lunar lander executing a daring maneuver, or a new instrument revealing the universe in sharper detail.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Also, look for Steven Spielberg’s new alien movie, Disclosure Day, to invade the broadcast, that pic touching down on June 12.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Feb. 2026
Video shows the plane slowly descending toward the runway, then touching down with a jolt, its wings bouncing as yellow fire and white smoke bursts from beneath it.
—CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Social media video shows the Airbus A321 touching down and bouncing on the runway – and then part of its gear appearing to roll off into the grass.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touching down
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The department recommends staggering bloom times to make sure hummingbirds have a food source for the entire season, as well as providing a source of water and trees or tall shrubs for nesting and perching.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, there was the Owl Arm Trend, in which Gen Z TikTokers contorted their bodies (and stretched their T-shirts) to mimic the shape of a perching owl, clinging to their friend’s arm.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After scoring a rare 22-episode Season 2 order with its breakout freshman run last year, the medical drama has done it again, landing a 22-episode Season 3 pickup.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, some investment outfits have speculated that the Iran conflict presents an attractive buy-the-dip opportunity, with investors landing bargains at the height of geopolitical panic and (hopefully) seeing asset prices reinflate when the conflict ends in a month or so.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The production features an original music score by Evan Hart Marsh, lighting by Chris Rynne, sound by Kamila Nunez and props by Jeffrey Neitzel.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Balat then retrieved a second device from Kayumi before lighting it and starting to run, the complaint said.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Touching down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touching%20down. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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