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javelin

[jav-lin, jav-uh-] / ˈdʒæv lɪn, ˈdʒæv ə- /
NOUN
spear
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The Venezuelans practically turned the art of the bat flip into a javelin toss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

Covering the men's javelin F46 final at the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, I noticed Guillermo Varona Gonzalez with a different pre-throw routine than most.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

A crossover star “changes everything,” said Justin Phongsavanh, a U.S. javelin thrower.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2024

I swung my sword, and Atlas knocked me aside with the shaft of his javelin.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan




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