launching

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The two then launched into a version of “Just the Two of Us” before almost kissing ahead of launching into “Live from New York… It’s ‘Saturday Night!’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Since launching in 2003, the spacecraft has spent more than 20 years studying the Red Planet and mapping its surface in color and in three dimensions at unprecedented detail.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has championed the use of advanced technology to fend off Russian attacks, including launching the Defense AI Center A1.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is launching an inquiry into whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage broke Commons rules by accepting a £5m gift and not declaring it, the BBC understands.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Most of the Housatonic’s 155 crewmembers saved themselves by launching lifeboats or by climbing into the ship’s rigging, which towered safely above the harbor’s shallow twenty-seven-foot depth.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler