slingshot
Example Sentences
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As for Artemis II, four astronauts External link, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will slingshot around the Earth’s satellite on a 10-day mission.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Before he ran out of road, he pulled within sneezing distance of the car in front of him and used the draft to slingshot around into second.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
North shot to fame playing Dennis, an impish child who wore baggy overalls with a slingshot in his back pocket and who often made a mess of things for his neighbor George Wilson.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025
"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
Lee Strunk carried a slingshot; a weapon of last resort, he called it.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
