rocket fuel
Example Sentences
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A successful launch could give the market some much-needed rocket fuel.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
The movement of those ships has raised concerns that Chinese companies could be supplying more rocket fuel precursors to Iran, although the exact cargo hasn’t been confirmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Social media has been particularly unkind to teenage girls, putting rocket fuel onto the ordinary adolescent stressors of physical awkwardness, the sadness of comparison and the fireworks of inter-friendship conflicts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Water molecules can also be broken down to obtain hydrogen, which is used in rocket fuel.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
John Glenn weighed only 186 pounds, but we needed one-quarter million pounds of rocket fuel with thrust equal to 3.5 million horsepower to lift him into space and get him safely home again.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
