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javelin

[jav-lin, jav-uh-] / ˈdʒæv lɪn, ˈdʒæv ə- /
NOUN
spear
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He had previously represented the United Arab Emirates at the Rio Paralympics when he competed in the javelin and shotput.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

“My goal was to for the gold first, then the mark,” said Massey, who will continue throwing at Oregon and may even compete in hammer and javelin.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

For the anti-tank training, the troops use a javelin missile simulator to practise destroying a tank - the Anglians said a real javelin missile cost £250,000.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

The Venezuelans practically turned the art of the bat flip into a javelin toss.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Without thinking I grabbed the harpoon in the middle like I was a javelin thrower.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Perhaps harassed by Neanderthals throwing wooden javelins, the angle of the injury shows the lion was lying on its side when the killing blow came.

From Science Magazine Oct. 11, 2023

These were supposed to be “the most innovative Games in history” — robots greeting spectators and helping retrieve javelins; augmented reality projected over lanes at swimming; 5G-enabled multi-angle viewing along the golf course.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2021

As a field support robot, you are charged with retrieving hammers and javelins and other thrown objects during the field events.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2021

They came loaded with balls of cotton, parrots, javelins, and other things too numerous to mention; these they exchanged for whatever we chose to give them.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2019

Despite the javelins pointed at me, it wasn’t the bear twins who scared me.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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