catapult
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A new live album, recorded in London in 1976, captures how the singer and the Wailers’ magnetic stage presence helped catapult them to new levels of fame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
It also makes Revolut the latest private company to catapult above $100 billion in value even as it eschews the public markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
This year’s debates have done little to catapult anyone to the top, and tonight was more of the same.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
If he could emulate Hall, it would quickly catapult Mountain Madness to profitability.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Steam on the older Nimitz ships powers not only the aircraft catapults, but also heating and evaporators that produce freshwater and galley equipment, such as kettles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The ballista spider's snare is bioengineered to store elastic energy in the silk and rapidly release it, giving it incredible instantaneous power density -- greater than any other specialized silk-based biological catapults," said Professor Narendra.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
"It's high-risk and high-reward. If it succeeds, of course, it catapults Pakistan to the top of the global diplomatic game."
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
During his first administration, he complained that he didn’t like the look of the service’s destroyers, and called for a return to steam-powered catapults to launch jets from aircraft carriers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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Diana’s death catapulted her from celebrity divorcee into an almost saintlike figure, whose passing triggered widespread public displays of grief in Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But the blowback has only catapulted in the era of social media, where millions of viewers from across the globe can drag award show hosts for filth in real time.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Over the next three decades, soaring demand for the fruit transformed Michoacán state into the center of global avocado production — and catapulted a generation of people like Pancho from poverty into the middle class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Nvidia is the key corporation behind the generative AI frenzy that has catapulted it to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
As well-regarded as Volpe’s program had become, the Les Mis experience and the visit from Cameron Mackintosh catapulted it to a whole new level.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Meta Platforms is reportedly exploring a new avenue of artificial-intelligence monetization, raising questions about whether Meta is throwing in the towel on being a leading AI lab or, rather, catapulting its business ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The paintings were a massive hit, catapulting Julian to a new echelon of fame, but isolating Christopher and ultimately driving him away, leaving the third and final series incomplete.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Many had said the fad would soon fade, casting doubt on the logic of Pop Mart’s share price catapulting above that of heavyweights like Alibaba.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Late last year, it became the first company to climb above a market value of $5 trillion, catapulting Huang’s net worth to more than $160 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
It was a lovely sensation, one the agent had always appreciated, catapulting from the twisty dark gorge onto that flatland, with a straight highway aiming exactly north.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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