touch down

Example Sentences

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Odysseus touched down in the Malapert A crater, some 300 kilometers from the moon’s south pole, becoming the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

When Hiku raced through to touch down another excellent May kick, it seemed the contest was over with Hull KR's 26-point lead, but that reckoned without the Broncos' remarkable powers of recovery.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Nine minutes later, Dupont missed a chance to touch down behind the La Rochelle goal line but Romain Ntamack, following up, did score.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Although human exploration of Mars remains years away, this research helps narrow down where astronauts might one day touch down on the Red Planet.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

And so I found myself, six days later, standing at our local airport watching a tin commuter plane containing Katz touch down and taxi to a halt on the tarmac twenty yards from the terminal.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson