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
Hounded by the press from the moment the wheels touch down in Australia.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Forecasts for January put inflation at 1.2% on the year, a touch down from December’s 1.31% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Back came Bristol though with Matias Moroni going over before Ravouvou charged down the left before cutting back in field to touch down under the posts.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
To retrieve the astronaut safely, we had to make sure that we understood the exact place and time that space capsule would touch down.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
