slingshot
Example Sentences
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Fernando, Osmin and their two younger brothers spent their free time shooting slingshots and riding ATVs around acres of dirt roads and fields that belonged to the company where their parents worked.
There were T-shirts: “Fight the Boss, Build the Union,” depicting a muscular woman wielding a slingshot.
From Los Angeles Times
At R&D Baseball Academy in Herndon, he honed his technique, gained 50 pounds and turned his slingshot of an arm into a cannon.
From Washington Post
“It’s just really exciting, the future of women’s hockey, because I feel like it’s really untapped, and we’re at this place where it’s going to slingshot forward.”
From Seattle Times
Just like we believe Elon Musk will make Twitter better, create self-driving cars that don't kill people, and slingshot humanity to Mars.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.