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eject

[ih-jekt] / ɪˈdʒɛkt /


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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

The side effects from a big increase in air conditioning are considered to be large: The devices are costly; they are energy hungry; and they eject hot air into the street, warming cities even more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

They use electric fields to charge particles in a liquid propellant and then eject those particles into space, creating thrust.

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

"Eighty-six" is a slang term used to mean "eject" or "remove."

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

“If they did, they’d have to eject half of the student body. Lots of kids there are just like me.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

"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

"But that doesn't necessarily mean that Deimos is actually an asteroid. It could also have formed from material ejected during impacts on Mars."

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In contrast, Southern Section officials ejected 19 individuals from games last week, according to a Southern Section spokesman.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

This is what happened in 2018, when a father and daughter were filmed being ejected from a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Atlanta.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

"The pilot was ejected and has been recovered."

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Alternatively, they may be the steady state equilibrium between material ejected from a moon of Saturn, such as Titan, and material falling into the atmosphere of the planet.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The pilot of the twin-engine, single-seat attack jet was able to fly out of Iranian airspace before ejecting from the aircraft and being rescued, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

The rescue operation included an A-10 Warthog plane that was hit over the Gulf, with its pilot ejecting before being rescued, according to CBS.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

The Bruins leader said he thought Steven Jamerson II tried to take out an opponent, but the coach said he had a poor view and apologized for ejecting the player.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

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

From Salon Nov. 3, 2024

When it finally came—three giant pink bubbles bursting at the surface off the starboard bow and ejecting Frank, Hazel, and Leo—Piper went a little crazy.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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