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[ih-jekt] / ɪˈdʒɛkt /


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Much like the myth of automatically getting straight A’s if your college roommate dies, there is folklore around military pilots who eject from jets and live to tell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

One especially energetic kind of Pop III supernova, called a pair-instability supernova, can eject more than 100 times the Sun's mass in heavy elements during a single explosion.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

GMB convener Chris Mitchell made the appeal after a bin lorry crew was forced to eject rubbish that had caught fire onto the street in Glasgow city centre.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The pilot, the only person on board the aircraft, managed to eject from the jet before the crash, said Marine Corps spokesperson Capt. Jacob Sugg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

As he reached for the eject button, Powers realized that the plane's centrifugal force was pressing the lower half of his body into the cockpit.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

"Our catalyst works a bit differently because it actually just ejects the electron directly into solvent," says Zachary Wickens, a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry who led the work.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Spivey's .45 caliber, like most firearms, ejects casingsbehind and to the right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

As it does, it ejects any leftover fuel, which freezes instantly due to the altitude in a spiral pattern caused by the rocket's movement.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

Observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, showed that the moon occasionally ejects water from this ocean via a plume at its south pole.

From Scientific American ● May 18, 2023

He stops fights, ejects drunks, soothes hysteria, cures headaches, and tends bar.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Facing financial ruin, despite fans' best efforts, they have been ejected from Portugal's professional leagues.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

After a short review, Stephens was ejected for targeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The RAF is investigating a crash involving one of its high-speed Hawk fighter jets after two of its pilots ejected and parachuted out of their plane moments before it crashed and burst into flames.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Lana warned against approaching Anak Krakatoa saying materials ejected from the volcano could endanger those within the exclusion zone.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

When I’d cleared the Third Gate, the eighteen Sixer avatars who were still inside had been ejected from the gate and deposited in front of the castle.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Direct food distribution programmes were dismantled and legislation was introduced to place the financial onus for famine relief on Irish landowners, who in turn attempted to save money by ejecting tenants.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Xi’s motives for ejecting Zhang may never be definitively known.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

With a tremendous clatter, the makeshift stagecoach got the speed wobbles like a wonky grocery cart and flipped over on a turn, ejecting its rowdy riders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025

He travelled eighteen miles but only after ejecting every loose object from the balloon to enable it to launch.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024

“I thought I really had it,” I say, staring at this machine ejecting an amazing yellow card, like a credit card, all for me.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle




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