slingshot
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The astronauts must adhere to a sleep routine to ensure they're rested for the mission that will see them slingshot around the Moon and conduct a battery of test maneuvers, equipment checks and scientific observations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Before he ran out of road, he pulled within sneezing distance of the car in front of him and used the draft to slingshot around into second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
So although he was just one David against an army of Goliaths, he was not new to the practice of reloading a slingshot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2025
"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
The man turned the slingshot lady so’s she was facing the board with the holes in it di-rect.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Soboroff slingshots the reader from the Palisades fire station to the National Weather Service office, a presidential hotel room, toppled power lines in Altadena, helitankers above leveled streets and Governor Newsom’s emergency operations center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
Two years ago, a girl won at the toy fair for a game in which cats with slingshots fire hairballs that knock down household objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 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
In 1935, two men armed with slingshots headed to Central Park to hunt.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
All three children rapidly fired their slingshots into the void.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
