javelin
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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
Betts kept an open mind when he first learned of teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s unique workout routine, which includes javelin throwing, yoga, and working with personal trainer Osamu Yada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Look no further than shortstop Mookie Betts this week lauding the effects of throwing a javelin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
It’s like golf, except a player can’t javelin his clubs into a water hazard or pitch a 15-pound orb across six alleys, even if he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Without thinking I grabbed the harpoon in the middle like I was a javelin thrower.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Yamamoto picked up his javelins and carried them back to the clubhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
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
You will still zoom out after your javelins, but you will do so in a lackadaisical manner, and, eventually, people will start to notice.
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
Tyson had also made us two javelins, each with three buttons on the shaft.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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