- present tense form of rocket (3rd person singular).
rockets
Example Sentences
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Muñoz, a nuclear engineer by education, was working on European space rockets when a chance encounter with the woman who would later become his wife sent him in a new career direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The company wants to launch thousands of rockets each year from a planned spaceport in Louisiana.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Still, SpaceX continues to dominate the global space launch market, thanks to its partially reusable Falcon rockets, and has made risk-taking its mantra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
I thought I’d better get back to rockets.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
