slingshot
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It has an eight-year cruise with flybys of Earth and Venus to slingshot it to Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
The opportunity to slingshot yourself onto the radar of upper management will be limited only by curiosity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
As for Artemis II, four astronauts External link, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will slingshot around the Earth’s satellite on a 10-day mission.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
Arutyunyan instructed Malinin to think of himself as a slingshot while approaching his jumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Well, you want to try this slingshot once, little Nate?
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Two years ago, a girl won at the toy fair for a game in which cats with slingshots fire hairballs that knock down household objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Paintball guns and slingshots are legally considered weapons and are not allowed in national parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
It slingshots from the Pacific Northwest toward southern California over the next several days.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
The man pointed at a table that had on top of it three fancy slingshots.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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