eject
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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
The six-page document discussed issues including the F-5’s flight controls, what could happen if pilots had to eject, and previous crashes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Working alongside University of Michigan astronomy professor Jon Miller, Xiang previously showed that winds from NGC 4151's accretion disk can reach speeds high enough to eject material from the system.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 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
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"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
The awesome supernova explosion ejects into space most of the matter of the precursor star—a little residual hydrogen and helium and significant amounts of other atoms, carbon and silicon, iron and uranium.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Last month, Nike was ejected from the S&P 100 stock market index of the biggest blue-chip firms in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
After a short review, Stephens was ejected for targeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The pilot’s condition is unknown, but he may have ejected from the aircraft before it crashed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Two RAF pilots ejected and parachuted out of their plane before the training aircraft crashed.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I woke up screaming and was unceremoniously ejected from the library, cursing Dr. Golan and his stupid theories all the while.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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One crew member from the F-15 was rescued shortly after ejecting, but the second remained missing for days, prompting an urgent and highly coordinated recovery effort.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 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
Xi’s motives for ejecting Zhang may never be definitively known.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
He acknowledged that Ukrainian forces were experiencing “incredibly difficult conditions” in Kursk, but said Russia was devoting vast resources to ejecting them - resources which it would prefer to be using elsewhere.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 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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