comet
Example Sentences
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Let me clarify that this is not some “dinosaur rails against extinction-level comet collision” rant.
From Salon
After a comet devastates most of civilization in the first movie, Gerard Butler returns to lead an especially hardy family of survivors into a bold new future.
From Los Angeles Times
Now, the NFL’s answer to Halley’s comet is tearing across the sky again.
Partners may be defined as primary or secondary or mere “comets,” who swoop in occasionally.
From Los Angeles Times
Asteroids, comets, and larger bodies crash into one another, sometimes sticking together and slowly transforming clouds of dust and ice into planets and moons.
From Science Daily
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