escape velocity

Example Sentences

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It’s as if, having achieved escape velocity, Shepard turned off his engines.

From New York Times

Yes, it had to spend $1 billion on advertising to hit escape velocity.

From The Verge

But is the gravity of her mother too great for her to achieve escape velocity?

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a very serious public health problem, but we have the capacity and escape velocity to maintain our lift-off,” Guedes told reporters in Brasilia on March 12.

From Washington Times

And if it is, whether there might be some “escape velocity” that could definitively end the aging of our cells while we also cure deadly diseases.

From Washington Post