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Among the company’s plans is to drive down vehicle-launch costs through the use of its Starship, a massive reusable rocket that SpaceX expects to be capable of carrying a more than 100-metric-ton payload to orbit.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
“When he’s on,” the late critic Stanley Crouch wrote, he “seems immense, summoning the entire history of jazz, capable of blowing a hole through a wall.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Among the weapons Russia used was its Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which can travel 10 times the speed of sound and is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to Moscow.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
"The word is strong, I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention," the Pope said.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“You know what he is capable of. He could have done it again. You had a duty to try to stop him, to tell everyone the truth about who he is.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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