catapult

Once the drone is ready, soldiers gingerly place it on the catapult launcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hyrox has helped catapult “hybrid fitness races,” which capitalize on our fitness-obsessed culture and competitive nature, into popular culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Others, like “Obsession,” catapult from modest beginnings into an echelon of popularity that not even the academics and historians could’ve foreseen.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

SpaceX is poised to make history on Friday with a record-setting IPO that will catapult the once fledgling aerospace startup into one of the most valuable companies on Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The catapult arm sprang upward faster than Nico’s eye could follow, launching Octavian along with the ammunition.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

"The ballista spider's snare is bioengineered to store elastic energy in the silk and rapidly release it, giving it incredible instantaneous power density -- greater than any other specialized silk-based biological catapults," said Professor Narendra.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

"It's high-risk and high-reward. If it succeeds, of course, it catapults Pakistan to the top of the global diplomatic game."

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Commissioned in November, it represents a marked upgrade from China’s first two carriers, which lack aircraft-launching catapults that are standard on American carriers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Beijing’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is the first to be fully designed and built in China, and features electromagnetic catapults for launching aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

“I knew you were amazing, Janna!” she says, as if being like her immediately catapults me into another class of human beings.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Diana’s death catapulted her from celebrity divorcee into an almost saintlike figure, whose passing triggered widespread public displays of grief in Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But the blowback has only catapulted in the era of social media, where millions of viewers from across the globe can drag award show hosts for filth in real time.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Over the next three decades, soaring demand for the fruit transformed Michoacán state into the center of global avocado production — and catapulted a generation of people like Pancho from poverty into the middle class.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nvidia is the key company behind the generative AI frenzy that has catapulted it to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

I was there—on the very rim of our age— when my mother’s cataclysmic intemperance, as you well know, catapulted me into the fever of contemporary existence.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The paintings were a massive hit, catapulting Julian to a new echelon of fame, but isolating Christopher and ultimately driving him away, leaving the third and final series incomplete.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

Many had said the fad would soon fade, casting doubt on the logic of Pop Mart’s share price catapulting above that of heavyweights like Alibaba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Late last year, it became the first company to climb above a market value of $5 trillion, catapulting Huang’s net worth to more than $160 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

Louis likens himself to Pierre, the main protagonist in War & Peace, who represents the "everyman" as the illegitimate son of a rich aristocrat who inherits a huge fortune, catapulting him into Russian high society.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

The Welsh had a machine for catapulting stones, most of which thudded harmlessly into the courtyard.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli