blastoff

Example Sentences

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So the team instead settled on another idea: What if the rocket could be tossed several meters above the surface, allowing more clearance for blastoff?

From Scientific American

Iran aired footage of the blastoff against the backdrop of negotiations in Vienna to restore Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

From Washington Post

The co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and former New York Giant prepped Saturday for a morning blastoff from West Texas.

From Seattle Times

The quartet of amateur space travelers, led by the American founder and chief executive of e-commerce firm Shift4 Payments Inc, Jared Isaacman, were due for blastoff as early as 8 p.m.

From Reuters

The voyage, however, is off course from blastoff, overburdened with big ideas and lacking the cohesion to course-correct along the way.

From Washington Post