rocket

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Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said both had suffered "explosions", telling private NTV television late Friday the tankers might have been hit a mine, or been struck by a rocket or a drone.

From Barron's

On that record cold morning in Florida, rubber gaskets called O-rings, which were supposed to keep various rocket segments sealed together, failed.

From The Wall Street Journal

With speed of the essence, they don’t stop for anything; even bathroom breaks are handled as the boat rockets forward.

From The Wall Street Journal

Europe meanwhile lost an independent way to launch its projects into space after Russia pulled its rockets following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

From Barron's

But Vitinha's first equaliser, a rocket just before half-time, was "a little bit of magic, not into the top corner but into the top, top corner".

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