swinging

Example Sentences

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Artemis II carried its crew further from Earth than any humans have ever gone, swinging around the far side of the Moon in just over nine days.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Not long ago, pharma companies were swinging for the fences and massive deals made up the bulk of transactional dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“I’ve always had the ability to go on these runs ... but it’s staying aggressive. My little mantra today was keep swinging, and keep swinging hard at it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

My heart flips when I see something swinging toward us in my periphery—its hungry golden eyes trained right on me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer