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sputnik

[spoot-nik, spuht-, spoot-nyik] / ˈspʊt nɪk, ˈspʌt-, ˈsput nyɪk /


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With his trademark delivery - unhurried and calm - he informed viewers of the first sputnik in space, and delivered the communiqués of the Communist Party.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2021

This guy's not as imposing as a sputnik, but just as many bulbs.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2021

All languages borrow words from other languages — Americans may recognize agitprop, sputnik, babushka or cosmonaut.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

Right away, the limitations of the sputnik analogy should be clear.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2012

They got reports from the observatories about another sputnik being launched by the Russians.

From The Delegate from Venus by Novick, Irving