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blast off

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take off
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In the fourth, he mashed a two-run blast off the right-field scoreboard for his third multi-homer game of the season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

China, after all, is scheduled to put men on the moon by 2030, though not before Artemis III and IV blast off.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

When Adenot saw Haignere's mission blast off, she was 14 years old.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

In just a few weeks, the four astronauts will be strapped into a spacecraft, perched on the top of the rocket, ready to blast off to the Moon.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2026

We knew that the crew would need a spacecraft able to blast off from Earth,

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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