blast off
Example Sentences
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The next inning, he delivered a two-run double, and in the fourth, he mashed a two-run blast off the right-field scoreboard to put the Cubs up 5-1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
China, after all, is scheduled to put men on the moon by 2030, though not before Artemis III and IV blast off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
I was filled with the same hope I had as a pre-teen watching Apollo 11 blast off for the historic moon landing.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
When Adenot saw Haignere's mission blast off, she was 14 years old.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
And my true self wants to blast off this rock.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
