meteor

Example Sentences

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"It's like a meteor heading towards Earth. Either it passes, or it hits us," top Hungarian tax firm Andersen's managing director Karoly Radnai told AFP.

From Barron's

In Mr. Serrano’s telling, the shot resembled a “meteor falling from space” before it zipped through the basket as the Philadelphia 76ers star “casually walked away from the play.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The lack of a visible moon means darker skies at night, which allows for better stargazing and more visible meteor showers.

From Seattle Times

Observers of the shower can see up to 50 meteors per hour in the sky.

From Washington Times

And last year, scientists found water on nakhlites, or Martian meteors that struck Earth roughly 11 million years ago, although there is debate over whether the water originated on Mars or not.

From Salon