launching platform
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At that point, it seemed as if West might be permanently decentering himself, or at least using his success primarily as a launching platform for others.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
One summer, I became obsessed with the idea of actually seeing the famed fireworks shoot skyward from their protected launching platform in a backstage industrial area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2019
The NBC reality series is widely considered to be the true launching platform for Trump’s political career, but it also gave Manigault a long career as one of unscripted television’s most famous villains.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2016
One day in 1944, 600 of Nijverdal's homes were damaged or destroyed by the near-misses of Allied bombers attacking a German V-2 launching platform just back of town.
From Time Magazine Archive
Barcroft's machine was the last to leave the "Hippodrome's" launching platform, and the last but one of the raiding craft.
From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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