catapult
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“I said, ‘Let me see the catapult people,’” Trump recalled during an April 2019 speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
A win could catapult USC into serious contention for the College Football Playoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The wrong pressure could be dialed into the catapult system used to launch the planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The swirl of plants released her and she was thrown upward like a catapult projectile.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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China is using electromagnetic catapults in its newest aircraft carriers and France plans to use the system on the Ford in its new carrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The company was awarded a contract to build the catapults and arresting gear for the Doris Miller in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The ballista spider's snare is bioengineered to store elastic energy in the silk and rapidly release it, giving it incredible instantaneous power density -- greater than any other specialized silk-based biological catapults," said Professor Narendra.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
"It's high-risk and high-reward. If it succeeds, of course, it catapults Pakistan to the top of the global diplomatic game."
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
He says he can construct cannons, catapults, and other machines of war.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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His late ’90s breakthrough in the triple-hitter lineup of “Halloween: H20,” “The Faculty” and “The Virgin Suicides” catapulted him to international fame practically overnight, cementing his place alongside the era’s Tiger Beat celebrity infatuations.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” the first of his plays to reach Broadway, catapulted the author’s playwriting career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Their effectiveness at spurring weight loss catapulted their popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Her words have instigated protests - albeit not grand in scale - on both sides of the argument, and once again catapulted the debate around transgender women in sport into the spotlight.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
His thick legs catapulted him at the girl.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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Senate before catapulting to executive power, though Mr. Vance has yet to shed the “vice” in his job title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Meta Platforms is reportedly exploring a new avenue of artificial-intelligence monetization, raising questions about whether Meta is throwing in the towel on being a leading AI lab or, rather, catapulting its business ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
They released a quick succession of albums — “Caught in the Act,” “Movin’ On” and “Hot on the Tracks” — catapulting the band to mainstream success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The paintings were a massive hit, catapulting Julian to a new echelon of fame, but isolating Christopher and ultimately driving him away, leaving the third and final series incomplete.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
It was a lovely sensation, one the agent had always appreciated, catapulting from the twisty dark gorge onto that flatland, with a straight highway aiming exactly north.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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