slingshot
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It has an eight-year cruise with flybys of Earth and Venus to slingshot it to Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
The astronauts did the first slingshot around the Moon in more than 50 years and traveled deeper into space than any humans before -- culminating in a smooth splashdown Friday off the coast of California.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Before he ran out of road, he pulled within sneezing distance of the car in front of him and used the draft to slingshot around into second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Taylor: Honestly, all of it, because it reminds me of a slingshot, you know what I’m saying?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
She can hit the target every time with a slingshot.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Fernando, Osmin and their two younger brothers spent their free time shooting slingshots and riding ATVs around acres of dirt roads and fields that belonged to the company where their parents worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Paintball guns and slingshots are legally considered weapons and are not allowed in national parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
It slingshots from the Pacific Northwest toward southern California over the next several days.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
I rode horses and shot birds with slingshots and found boys to joust with, and some nights I danced the evening away to the beautiful singing and clapping of Thembu maidens.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
