rocket scientist
Example Sentences
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"I don't know why it should take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion of what's happened here."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what those values might be.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
While NBC did not show the incident, announcer Mike Tirico said, in explaining the brief stoppage of play, “We have some rocket scientist running around the field.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
The league has even employed pilots, air traffic controllers, and a rocket scientist.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Sergei Korolev, the brilliant rocket scientist behind Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin’s flight, had long dreamed of sending an unmanned probe to the red planet.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
