maneuver

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Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Aluminum prices hit multiyear highs after Middle Eastern smelters declared force majeure—a legal maneuver that means suppliers aren’t liable if they fail to deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

An F/A-18 that was being pulled into position was whipsawed by the maneuver and “departed the hangar bay,” the Navy’s incident report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Berezin expects small-cap stocks to see the biggest rally if the court strikes down IEEPA, as smaller companies have had less wherewithal to maneuver around the tariffs than larger peers.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

In general, though, we learned that, as thrilling as it looked, trying to maneuver a body suddenly weightless out in space could actually be quite tiring for the person.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson