slingshot
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The opportunity to slingshot yourself onto the radar of upper management will be limited only by curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
As for Artemis II, four astronauts External link, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will slingshot around the Earth’s satellite on a 10-day mission.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
Use of the words "catapult" and "slingshot" in crime logs do not conclusively show catapults were used – as the words may have been used in a different context.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
North shot to fame playing Dennis, an impish child who wore baggy overalls with a slingshot in his back pocket and who often made a mess of things for his neighbor George Wilson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
Kate had mentioned losing a few things in the water last night, but she’d said nothing about the marbles and slingshot.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Two years ago, a girl won at the toy fair for a game in which cats with slingshots fire hairballs that knock down household objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 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
In 1935, two men armed with slingshots headed to Central Park to hunt.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
I was as good as he with both slingshots and painstakingly constructed bows and arrows, with which I could drop birds in flight.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
