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[lawnch, lahnch] / lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ /




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But Ferrari's shares dropped the day after the Luce's launch, following backlash over the car.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

China has also announced its Tianwen-3 spacecraft is scheduled for launch around 2028 and will return Mars samples to Earth around 2031 -- potentially earlier than MMX's sample return.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Earlier this month, Google veteran Jeff Dean departed along with three of the company’s top AI researchers to launch the startup Discovery Loop.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The latest installment of Sony’s Spider-Man films pulled in more than $900 million in its opening weekend worldwide in August, making it the second-biggest movie launch ever after Disney’s “Avengers: Endgame.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

That night, in a cottage near the launch pad, a twenty-seven-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin lay still in a wooden bunk, pretending to be asleep.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The dweeb so desperately wanted to be a superhero that he launches a war against real ones in order to turn their powers into weapons he then sells to a gullible public.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The excerpt below is a scene from a dinner party in which one character launches into a riff about the pervasiveness of Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbook recipes at social gatherings.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

In normal or low-activity times, the Sun launches two to three CMEs a day.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Late last month, the company received a $266 million contract for up to 18 suborbital launches for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

This way, other nations could not infer from lack of openness which launches contained classified payloads.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

In a late submission to the probe, launched in the wake of a series of patient deaths, Bradnam said there had been no "formal responses" to his complaints.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

She launched a nonprofit group to channel humanitarian aid to soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

NGO director Juan Pablo Dos Santos launched a fundraising initiative to help amputees and has so far raised $453,000 toward a target of $2 million.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

With that push, the model launched 23 concurrent research agents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The griffin let out a cry and launched himself into the air.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Dunkin’ is launching its PSL menu next week, with Starbucks’

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

But after launching his gubernatorial campaign last year, he struggled to gain traction and actually suspended his bid in July.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

It has contributed extensively to the open-source universe, including launching hugely popular open-source projects called React and PyTorch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“The state of California, working with California’s crab fleet, will be launching domoic acid testing here in about 60 days as we approach Dungeness crab season,” the state senator said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Between the puny pops of Roman candles and the hisses of launching rockets, we could hear the vachettes bitterly lowing from within their nearby trailer.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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