rocket

Example Sentences

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To my surprise not one skyrocket, bottle rocket or firecracker was missing.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2026

Case in point is how the company remade rocket launching, going from a startup to powerful incumbent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

A "rocket" of a strike from Harry Kane gives England a late lead against DR Congo in Atlanta.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

The rescue spacecraft developed by the US startup Katalyst is slated to lift off Tuesday at 1023 GMT from a Pacific Ocean atoll aboard a small rocket named Pegasus.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

We needed to know where and when the rocket had to be launched in order to put it on the right trajectory.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson