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Touchdown

/tˈʌˌtʃdaʊn/
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(noun) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

In American football, a touchdown scores six points.
Tom scored a touchdown.
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The pilot announced that we were just a few minutes away from ____ at the international airport this afternoon today.

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