maneuver

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Hansen then described the translunar injection burn -- a maneuver that brought Orion within 200 kilometers of Earth before swinging around onto a new course for the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

He launched a maneuver he’d completed many times before, a back flip off a steep jump.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

So, is the Irish exit rude or simply a strategic social maneuver?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

An F/A-18 that was being pulled into position was whipsawed by the maneuver and “departed the hangar bay,” the Navy’s incident report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Every so often she had to maneuver around pieces of junk that thoughtless humans had dumped into the ocean—an old DVD player, a sofa and even a toilet.

From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan