launch
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Musk later added: “To be confident of a good flight, 2 Raptors will be removed & replaced. Most probable launch timing is early next week.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
That in turn means more businesses want to launch in the city, he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
SpaceX’s Starship was due for take-off 90 minutes after its launch window opened at 6:45 p.m.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Notably, however, it’s hard to find anyone who thinks any of this would launch a durable economic recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The Grand Island Boys launch into the opening chords to “Walking the Floor Over You.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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SpaceX and the California Coastal Commission have settled a lawsuit over the state agency’s attempts to regulate rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Still, people seem to be rushing to scoop these preorders up, despite the insistence by some that preorders should be avoided given the disastrous launches of games like “Cyberpunk 2077” and “No Man’s Sky.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Currently, putting that much material to geosynchronous orbit is nearly impossible, since it would require many launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
By reusing boosters - which are generally seen as the most valuable part of a rocket - the cost of satellite launches and space exploration can be significantly lowered.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Michelle launches into song on the bus, and everyone joins in?
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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In late March 2025, Jingye said the plant was losing around £700,000 a day and launched a consultation on its closure.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Iranian news agencies reported that the United States had launched strikes around Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
China’s Moonshot AI has launched an artificial-intelligence model it says outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, the latest sign that Chinese labs can rival American counterparts in critical technology frontiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In early June, CEO Sundar Pichai said the model was expected to be launched later that month, but it still has not yet been released.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
They may be launched outward, into the shell of the nuclear reactor.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in May that launching a cloud business is ‘definitely on the table,’ with companies approaching Meta weekly for AI computing access.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Trump Media also has made moves to diversify by holding bitcoin and launching exchange-traded funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Los Angeles-based investment firm Content Partners and media entrepreneur Ed Simpson announced Tuesday that they are launching a new company, Wonderloom Media, that will acquire YouTube-creator led businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
While these reports were surfacing, tensions with Iran over a negotiated ceasefire deal were growing, and the US was launching strikes.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He might even now be pulling them apart page by page, folding them into birds, and launching them off his high widow’s walk, one by one.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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