catapult
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There’s no Betty Buckley in the cast to catapult “Memory,” the show’s indelible power ballad, to the Heaviside Layer, the land of rebirth for one lucky chosen cat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
But tech journalist Kara Swisher argues its "gorgeous marketing" helped catapult it into the mainstream.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
That’s weakening a reliable catapult into executive-track jobs that can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 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
Leo shot skyward, like he’d been launched from a catapult.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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