How to Use touch-and-go in a Sentence

touch-and-go

1 of 2 noun
  • The path to approval of Moderna’s flu vaccine has been touch-and-go.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 June 2026
  • Their special-teams play and general discipline are touch-and-go.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Their special-teams play and general discipline are touch-and-go.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That’s going to make the Canada captain touch-and-go for the World Cup.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Payton, though, deflected a question Wednesday about touch-and-go success in the screen game.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Fatu was reportedly hurt at a live event earlier this week, so his status for Clash in Italy is touch-and-go.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • And pulling double duty is the touch-and-go helipad on the foredeck, which can be transformed into a basketball court.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • Such deals could be touch-and-go under the Biden administration, analysts said.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At the opposite end, the touch-and-go helipad doubles as a pickleball court with removable netting.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Two additional guest cabins, the captain’s cabin, and the wheelhouse can also be found on this deck, along with a touch-and-go helipad and sport deck.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Thus is the touch-and-go situation Golden State will navigate all season with the 39-year-old big man.
    — Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Echo is also for those seeking an alternative to Antarctica cruises, taking a rare opportunity for on-land immersion as opposed to touch-and-go visits along the coast.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
  • Demand for next-gen innovations, though steadily rising in anticipation of European Union ecodesign rules, remains touch-and-go.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Colts 34, Titans 17 Upset of the Week Carolina’s offense is touch-and-go behind third-year QB Bryce Young.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • According to a correspondence in Nature Astronomy, there are two typical approaches to sampling asteroids like Kamoʻoalewa, namely anchor-and-attach and touch-and-go.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2021
  • This will also be our first chance at watching men's action at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena — but after some touch-and-go moments during the construction process, all signs point to the ice surface being a non-issue.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The political knife fight reflects the touch-and-go nature of House Republicans’ current majority, which will be 220-215 when several seats are filled through special elections in the coming months.
    — David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The two men were in an ultralight single-engine plane — a JMB VL-3 — that had been making touch-and-go landings, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025

touch and go

2 of 2 adjective
  • His condition was touch and go, but this brave boy refused to give up.
    — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Around the world, the state of the pandemic remains touch and go.
    — Eve Sneider, Wired, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Then came a dozen days of touch and go in the clinic’s intensive care unit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • For a long time, the cat’s condition was touch and go, Brown said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Dowdy recalled that the first of those fights was touch and go until the final vote.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • His shooting—while touch and go—offers just enough tug on the defense to keep things moving at all times.
    — Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Another trip to Detroit planned for June still feels touch and go.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 May 2026
  • Its upper deck features a dining area big enough for 24 guests, a lounge area and a touch and go helipad.
    — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Daley Blind is touch and go for the game after recovering from an ankle problem.
    — SI.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Robbie Brady is expected to return to the squad after being described as 'touch and go' last week.
    — SI.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Spring in New England is often touch and go, and this one’s been particularly iffy.
    — Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • As January slogged on, availability of the potato bites became touch and go.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Rates dropped as the Fed tried to shore up the economy, and rates stayed low for years as the economic recovery was often touch and go.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Highlights include a chandelier in the main dining room, a large swimming pool, a private spa, a gym, and a touch and go helipad.
    — Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Tire marks on the flight deck obviously, though whether touch and go or recoveries (and launches) remains debatable.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The next three weeks in the hospital were gut-wrenching as Cano's condition remained touch and go, the family described.
    — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Over the next couple weeks, there were touch and go moments, with Spackle winding up at a kill shelter and given only 24 hours to live.
    — Susan Snyder, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • These conditions are still being studied and treatment can be touch and go or difficult to access, making weight loss even more difficult to achieve.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • While progress on the bill has at times been touch and go, the measure got a huge shot of momentum Friday when Republican Sens.
    — John Fritze, baltimoresun.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Doctors have said Francis’ condition is touch and go, given his age, fragility and preexisting lung disease.
    — Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Tesh’s history with intellectual property protections has been touch and go.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Things remain touch and go for West Ham, who are the closest to Tottenham — in both risk and league position — when assessing their survival chances.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Seafarers used to describe a ship in shallow water that touches bottom from time to time as touch and go, which has been extended to designate any precarious situation.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Seismicity remains high at the volcano, suggesting that the eruption isn't likely to stop immediately and visibility is touch and go with low cloud cover.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2014
  • The Icon model brings over-the-air updates, remote arming of the alarm system, touch and go convenience and full insurance coverage provided by Hepster.
    — New Atlas, 5 July 2025
  • It's been touch and go for most of the past two months, but the Braves' dynasty's other Jones did squeak through with 31 votes, 10 more than needed to maintain his eligibility.
    — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Both birds were treated and given a combination of antibiotic, pain relief, and antiparasitic drugs; Gabriel is on the mend, while Gilbert’s condition remains touch and go.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Another group pored over photos of the Tagsam after the touch and go, peering into its visible area (about 40 percent of the container) to estimate the volume of the debris inside.
    — Chris Wright, Wired, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Airbnb's financial health during the pandemic has been touch and go, at best, with business forecasts and interviews with company executives projecting an outlook from grim to apocalyptic.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Trump's relationships with his own party in the Senate have long been touch and go, and the chamber's rules afford the minority party the chance to slow-walk or even kill bills that don't involve some degree of bipartisanship.
    — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024

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