launch
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Have either of them been able to play the new game ahead of launch?
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Its ability to carry 100 metric tons of cargo would make satellite deployment much cheaper—if its engineers can reliably launch and recover the vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The company has caught the booster, dubbed Super Heavy, on three previous occasions, with the first stage descending vertically back to the launch site shortly after blastoff and nestling into mechanical "chopstick" arms.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Then Starship would turn off all but one engine, allowing it to hover as the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms close around the vehicle, completing the catch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Radar stopped the Germans from being able to launch sneak attacks.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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At 26 V3 satellites per launch, each Starship mission would add as much capacity for the Starlink satellite-internet network as can be achieved with 10 Falcon 9 launches, Gesuale said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Nvidia falls after the chip maker’s board launches an investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
"In recent months we have seen launches from the Normandy beaches, Belgium and now as far afield as the Netherlands rather than across the short straits to Dover under the original model," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Once the game launches, those who play it will receive rewards, such as discounted food or drinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
We speed past hills and shoot through the tunnel that launches us back into the city.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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By Friday the Metropolitan Police had launched an investigation into further allegations about him.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The department said it had launched an internal investigation to determine if the employees had violated state law or department policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
He raised funds on the Patreon platform and, after six years of testing, tweaking and retesting, launched Paralives in May.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
In October, Jetty’s Instagram account launched but remained cryptic about what it was selling, prompting people to guess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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
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As a result, the mice remained less capable of launching effective immune responses when exposed to new challenges.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
De la Espriella was elected in June after campaigning on a promise to crack down on Colombia's powerful criminal gangs, including by launching air strikes.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Laetrile allegedly worked by launching a precision strike against cancer.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Winters, who teaches LMU’s popular “Producing and Screenwriting With AI” course, is working toward creating a new department called Creative Technology and Innovation, with the goal of launching in fall 2027.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
He might even now be pulling them apart page by page, folding them into birds, and launching them off his high widow’s walk, one by one.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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