- present tense form of rocket (3rd person singular).
rockets
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The clay, ceramic and metal sculptures look like munitions and rockets; one features a red handprint that symbolizes blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
That has left the kingdom searching for friends beyond Washington, for allies ready to put rockets where the rhetoric is and assist in a fight Saudi Arabia considers existential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The company wants to launch thousands of rockets each year from a planned spaceport in Louisiana.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Kim Jong Un’s regime carried out a first-of-its-kind exercise this month combining attack drones, nuclear-capable missiles, rockets and long-range artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Even stopped going to the park to launch rockets with his friends.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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