catapult
Example Sentences
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“This bubble looks an awful lot like the dot-com bubble,” he said on a podcast hosted by Lewis, whose book first catapulted Burry to fame.
Their relationship catapulted his profile to a whole new level and Swifties followed the singer's race against time to get from Tokyo to Vegas to see her new lover win a third Super Bowl.
From BBC
Baby Reindeer was one of the standout television moments of the past few years and it catapulted actress Jessica Gunning to stardom.
From BBC
By this summer, the number of claims jumped from roughly 2,100 to 3,700, according to court records, catapulting Slater far beyond the caseload of any other firm.
From Los Angeles Times
Beijing’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is the first to be fully designed and built in China, and features electromagnetic catapults for launching aircraft.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
