slingshot
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He nudged his wheel right to slingshot his car around Malukas and nose ahead at some 230 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
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
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
I turned and came face to face with Hassan’s slingshot.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
Paintball guns and slingshots are legally considered weapons and are not allowed in national parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
And then the book slingshots into the future.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
We ate squirrel tonight, and it reminded me of the days when you and me you and I went hunting with slingshots, back when we were young ones.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
