javelin
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The Venezuelans practically turned the art of the bat flip into a javelin toss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Look no further than shortstop Mookie Betts this week lauding the effects of throwing a javelin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Hayayei, who represented the United Arab Emirates at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, had been due to compete in the F34 shot put, discus and javelin events at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
The United Arab Emirates thrower had been set to compete in the F34 shot put, discus and javelin events.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
Atlas’s javelin swept around and knocked Artemis’s legs off the ground.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Yamamoto picked up his javelins and carried them back to the clubhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Perhaps harassed by Neanderthals throwing wooden javelins, the angle of the injury shows the lion was lying on its side when the killing blow came.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
You don’t just limit yourself to hammers and javelins: You also help out during the rugby events.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2021
They came loaded with balls of cotton, parrots, javelins, and other things too numerous to mention; these they exchanged for whatever we chose to give them.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
I pulled her back as a wave of javelins sailed over our heads.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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