launch
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According to the charge sheet, the defendants helped to launch "a small boat of poor quality, unfit to navigate at sea, overloaded and equipped with inadequate life-jackets".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Former Coca-Cola executive Brian Dyson, who helped lead the launch of Diet Coke and the reformulation of New Coke, died on Aug. 9 at age 90.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Stoke also revealed plans for a medium-lift vehicle it hopes to launch for the first time in 2029.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The most common launch point is from the arch, with drops ranging from 15 to 20 feet depending on the water level, said a San Diego Police Department spokesperson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
That night, in a cottage near the launch pad, a twenty-seven-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin lay still in a wooden bunk, pretending to be asleep.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
From April: Moon launches are having a moment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Calm will be a part of MS NOW’s new direct-to-consumer product that launches Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
SaxaVord is the UK's first fully-licensed spaceport and has regulatory approval for up to 30 rocket launches a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Earnings are also likely to get a lift in 2027 due to several new game launches, partnerships with streaming platforms and wider overseas distribution, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
It rears with a fiery roar and launches through the darkness, toward the sunlight shining through the glass ceiling.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
An Apple spokesperson said it launched its Communication Safety feature in 2021 to help stop children from seeing or sharing imagery containing nudity - and had since "continued to expand its capabilities".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In 2000, he launched J Records, which later merged with RCA and Sony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He launched his own publication, Rock & Roll Confidential, which was later renamed Rock & Rap Confidential.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak launched coverage of SpaceX stock with a Buy rating and $220 price target.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
I paused, took aim, and launched myself into the air.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
CEO Elon Musk envisions eventually launching more than 30 407-foot-tall rockets each day from the Louisiana site.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Analysts say that photos and witnesses describe a mix of fixed-wing surveillance craft and quadcopters—including, in one case, a larger fixed-wing “mother ship” launching smaller drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The United Nations has warned that the "magnitude of the destruction" makes delivering aid an immense challenge, launching a $50 million appeal to help more than 84,000 people affected by the disaster.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
He later gave up a pair of two-run homers, with the Cardinals’ Thomas Saggese launching the first in the sixth and Leo Bernal the second in the eighth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The pilots already in the air had all been sent together to turn back a huge raid the Germans were launching on a nearby town just south of Voronezh.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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