slingshot
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He nudged his wheel right to slingshot his car around Malukas and nose ahead at some 230 mph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Taylor: Honestly, all of it, because it reminds me of a slingshot, you know what I’m saying?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
"We would not accept the slingshot in the jet stream and advantage of saving fuel if the turbulence was going to be too uncomfortable", Captain Heard told me.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
"I found these caught in the folds of your clothes and figured you might want them for your slingshot or something."
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Fernando, Osmin and their two younger brothers spent their free time shooting slingshots and riding ATVs around acres of dirt roads and fields that belonged to the company where their parents worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
After the spacecraft slingshots past the Moon, the astronauts begin their four-day journey home, drawn back with the help of the Earth's gravity.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Doreck’s Joe, the show’s secret weapon, slingshots across the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
In 1935, two men armed with slingshots headed to Central Park to hunt.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
A tiny amount of clapping came out the crowd and Madame Sabbar picked up one of the slingshots and one of the marbles.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
