slingshot
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The opportunity to slingshot yourself onto the radar of upper management will be limited only by curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
"We would not accept the slingshot in the jet stream and advantage of saving fuel if the turbulence was going to be too uncomfortable", Captain Heard told me.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
When David fought Goliath, he was just armed with a slingshot and a few stones.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
She can hit the target every time with a slingshot.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Two years ago, a girl won at the toy fair for a game in which cats with slingshots fire hairballs that knock down household objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Rangers reportedly found three slingshots, a paintball marker, paintballs and other evidence inside their vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
And then the book slingshots into the future.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
I was as good as he with both slingshots and painstakingly constructed bows and arrows, with which I could drop birds in flight.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
