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Catapulted on to the front pages by a relationship with actor Jude Law, when he cheated on her with his children's nanny - who sold her story - it was all over the papers.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Catapulted to stardom as Princess Leia in 1977's "Star Wars," Carrie Fisher reprised the role as the leader of a galactic rebellion in three sequels, including last year's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2016

Catapulted to global fame during months of televised court appearances she is instantly recognisable.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2014

Catapulted into the spotlight was Elliot Madore, a young baritone and a winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2010 National Council Auditions, who sang the role under James Levine at the Tanglewood Festival in 2009.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2011

Catapulted from the European fixation with the past into the Californian intoxication with the future, the returning expatriate felt he had been gone for half a century, and sometimes that he had been born yesterday.

From Time Magazine Archive