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liftoff

[lift-awf, -of] / ˈlɪftˌɔf, -ˌɒf /




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A few minutes after liftoff, its two halves will separate and fall away, allowing Roman to continue its journey into space.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

His film is likable as heck but never quite achieves liftoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Wagner is confident that geothermal energy has now achieved liftoff, and will only get better and cheaper over time.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Alexi has achieved cultural liftoff in a you-gotta-see-this way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Annabelle closes her eyes and feels the liftoff.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Security Council resolutions ban North Korea from performing any launches using ballistic technology, such as satellite liftoffs and missile tests.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

They also say if North Korea launches multiple missiles from different sites simultaneously, it would be more difficult for the allies to spot liftoffs in advance and shoot them down.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

It was a thing of teeth-rattling liftoffs and bone-thumping landings and a dependence on fire—fire!, the fuel of the primitives—to get anywhere at all.

From Time ● Feb. 27, 2015

The engaging Gomez’s liftoffs occur courtesy of ZFX’s flying ­effects.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2014

Yet that audience dwindled quickly after the first flight in 1981 as the missions turned routine, or at least seemed that way to the television executives who decided to stop showing live liftoffs.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2011


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