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

Depending on the type of rocket fuel used, launches produce nitrogen oxides, chlorine, black carbon particles, water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide — and no propellant avoids creating of some kind of emissions.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

I came up with a solution, but . . . remember when I burned rocket fuel in the Hab?

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir