touch down
Example Sentences
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Areti Anastopoulos, an air traffic controller for more than 30 years, helps approaching pilots to line up their planes, one behind the other, before they touch down on the tarmac.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Yet that’s what the Robinsons did this year when they dropped “A Pound of Feathers,” the Crowes’ 10th studio LP, behind which they’ll touch down Monday night at the Hollywood Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
When we finally touch down, I’m an exhausted mess.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
