launching pad
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The LP served as a runway — or perhaps more accurately, a launching pad — for the more experimental and challenging efforts to follow.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
He is confident, too, that Santa Barbara was an optimal launching pad for getting him there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
He put down his cricket bat for good around the age of 16 to focus entirely on baseball and used Oregon State as a launching pad to the top of the MLB draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Manchester United caretaker boss Darren Fletcher hopes Benjamin Sesko's double in a 2-2 draw at Burnley proves to be the launching pad for the Slovenian striker after a tough start to life at Old Trafford.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
It was missing its bottom half, which stayed on the moon, after acting as a launching pad for the top half.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
