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set down



VERB
chronicle
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The mission was originally planned as the first crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972, with two astronauts due to set down near the Moon's south pole and spend a week on the surface.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Some novelists have so many stories to tell they don’t know which one to set down first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Beauty reached for June’s hand, said, Come set down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

In short, Kagan would have resolved this case as a good textualist, operating within the methodological terms set down by the majority’s opinion, minus the major-questions thumb on the scale.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Mr. Haber set down a letter opener and pushed his chair back a few inches.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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