catapult

Launch valve: releases steam into the catapult, forcing the shuttle forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“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

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

He’d spent the last forty-eight hours replaying the scene with Octavian at the catapult, wondering if he’d done wrong thing.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

During a Thanksgiving call in November 2018 to sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, an older Nimitz-class carrier with steam catapults, Trump asked the ship’s commanding officer his opinion of steam versus electric catapults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Replacing the electromagnetic catapults with steam will be a complex endeavor that will likely cost billions of dollars, according to Bryan Clark, a naval expert with the Hudson Institute, a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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 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

The boosters kick in and the ship catapults into hyperspace.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

His second and most recent album, the rousing “Spanish Leather,” has catapulted him to major stardom in the Spanish-speaking world and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Diana’s death catapulted her from celebrity divorcee into an almost saintlike figure, whose passing triggered widespread public displays of grief in Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Bargatze catapulted to mainstream status after portraying a silly version of the famously reprehensible though widely respected George Washington on “SNL” without antagonizing anyone, least of all Washington.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Nvidia is the key corporation behind the generative AI frenzy that has catapulted it to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

I asked, thinking of the jump that had catapulted Regan’s mom to fame.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

Many had said the fad would soon fade, casting doubt on the logic of Pop Mart’s share price catapulting above that of heavyweights like Alibaba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Late last year, it became the first company to climb above a market value of $5 trillion, catapulting Huang’s net worth to more than $160 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

The stock has risen 12% since, catapulting Amazon from the worst-performing “Magnificent Seven” name on a year-to-date basis to the fourth best.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

Yes, in Mr. Lemoncello’s catapulting critters game, there were all sorts of wacky jokes.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein