launch pad

Example Sentences

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But the shipments continued through ever-more circuitous routes, and used other nations as launchpads for RSF attacks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Gulf states once seen as safe havens are now under threat, accused by Iran of serving as launchpads for US strikes.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Once made public, SpaceX’s filing is expected to shed light on the combined company’s operations, which now range from satellite factories and launchpads to xAI’s sprawling facility in Memphis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s the same thrill I get from a few bedrock recipes, the ones so deeply memorized they become launchpads for improvisation.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

It could also alert the people who ran recently infected systems which had become launchpads for new worm attacks.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette