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clipper

[klip-er] / ˈklɪp ər /
NOUN
vessel
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NASA’s Dragonfly mission will sail for Titan as soon as 2028, and the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft arrives in the Jupiter system in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Europa Clipper launched in 2024 and is traveling 1.8 billion miles to reach Jupiter in 2030.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The other one in L.A. is the Clipper curse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

"Chris is a legendary Clipper who has had a historic career. I want to make one thing very clear. No one is blaming Chris for our underperformance," Frank said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Then Bobby Moch yelped at Hume to up the rate again, and the Clipper resumed advancing.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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