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[lawnch, lahnch] / lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ /




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This was the launch of the Query Club, a semi-secret society that began examining socialist ideas and ended as a force which changed their town - and later, through their ideas, the whole country.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

And they are showing they can launch precise and well-timed strikes inside and outside of Yemen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Sweden also hosts an orbital launch site in Esrange, about 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but the first such launch is planned for 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The mission is scheduled to launch at the end of October 2026, with the goal of collecting material from the Martian moon and bringing it back to Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The ice was too soft to cross, but there was not enough open water to launch the boats.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A series of successful artificial-intelligence launches has given Meta Platforms fresh momentum heading into its third-quarter earnings report on Wednesday — and a reason to spend more.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The space business featured 35 launches in the quarter, including 21 that sent more Starlink satellites into orbit, as well as others for commercial and government customers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

But GM reiterated plans for additional hybrid vehicles and will provide more details closer to the launches.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

They tell clients in a note that Advanced Bionics’ new implant platform is another incremental headwind for the Australian hearing-tech provider, pointing out that processor launches have historically driven share gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Connor launches himself across the room, hopping over the pillows on the floor, colliding with the soft curve of Mrs. Baransky’s belly.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

When Columbus, Ohio-based workforce development organization Aspyr Workforce Innovation launched a decade ago, factory work wasn’t as much of a focus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Muse artificial-intelligence agent has reached 10 million downloads in a little over a month since it was launched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

In late July, the company launched “The Male Shopper Project,” a mock training camp starring comedian Hannah Berner and Antoni Porowski, the culinary expert from “Queer Eye.”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Last year she launched Khaya Nights, an event dedicated to amapiano and other African Caribbean electronic dance music.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Ludendorff launched his offensive on the morning of March 21, 1918, against British troops occupying the old Somme battlefield of 1916.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

An Air New Zealand plane from Auckland landed and soon afterwards flew out of the airport in the morning, launching a three-flights-a-week service to Sydney's largely working-class western suburbs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Sofar is also launching its Human Discovery Movement, external campaign that aims to put music curation and discovery "back into human hands."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The expansion includes a significant step-up in operations in Texas, opening a new service center in Indiana, building a learning hub in Kansas, as well as launching additional infrastructure projects in Connecticut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But she has ramped up her public profile in recent months, launching a series of initiatives, including one to help older foster children and another to tackle online harassment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

I calculated two sample orbits—one with a rocket launching from the east, and the other from the west.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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