slingshot
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He nudged his wheel right to slingshot his car around Malukas and nose ahead at some 230 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Taylor: Honestly, all of it, because it reminds me of a slingshot, you know what I’m saying?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 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
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
The children of these families wouldn’t look at us, and they jumped at the sound of chopping wood or as stones landed on the tin roofs flung by children hunting birds with slingshots.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
