They were standing side-by-side with their shoulders 'touching'.
The temperature outside was 'touching' 38 degrees Celsius.
Their story was deeply/very 'touching'. [='moving']
(..) That's pretty flimsy evidence. Close your eyes. It's just for a moment. SETH: What am I doing? You're touching me. Touch. How do you know? Because I feel it. You should trust that. You don't trust it enough. (..)1998 City of Angels