blast off
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The next inning, he delivered a two-run double, and in the fourth, he mashed a two-run blast off the right-field scoreboard to put the Cubs up 5-1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
China, after all, is scheduled to put men on the moon by 2030, though not before Artemis III and IV blast off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Built by scientists from the German Aerospace Centre Mapheus, the rocket I saw blast off, flew for 14 minutes, leaving the atmosphere and reaching an altitude of almost 260km.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
An enhanced version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket will blast off Thursday to launch 32 satellites into orbit, forming part of the Amazon Leo network, which it hopes will rival Elon Musk's Starlink.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Jason tips his head down, looking under his eyebrows at me, like he’s expecting me to blast off on a wild, chatty detour.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
