catapult
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Musk plans to create a “self-growing city” on the moon and catapult satellites into orbit from the lunar surface.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Murphy, who delighted fans with a walkabout in Centenary Square on his arrival at Symphony Hall, paid tribute to the viewers who helped catapult Peaky Blinders into a worldwide hit.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Incorporating Greenland, which has 57,000 people, would catapult the United States past China and Canada to be the world's second largest country in land mass after Russia.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Simply put, he’s suggesting a moon base will crank out satellites and throw them into orbit with a catapult.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025
‘You build machines. How can you not know what an onager is? It’s just the biggest, baddest catapult ever used by the Roman army.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing catapult
Break It Down: Cata
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