rocket fuel

Example Sentences

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“Microsoft is the true landlord in the technology sector since enterprise and consumer data are the rocket fuel to power the intelligence,” wrote Lee.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Last year the U.S. imposed sanctions on Chinese and Iranian entities that supplied materials used in Iran’s ballistic-missile program, including chemicals required to produce rocket fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Social media has been particularly unkind to teenage girls, putting rocket fuel onto the ordinary adolescent stressors of physical awkwardness, the sadness of comparison and the fireworks of inter-friendship conflicts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Water molecules can also be broken down to obtain hydrogen, which is used in rocket fuel.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

I came up with a solution, but . . . remember when I burned rocket fuel in the Hab?

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir