slingshot
Example Sentences
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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
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
Use of the words "catapult" and "slingshot" in crime logs do not conclusively show catapults were used – as the words may have been used in a different context.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
North shot to fame playing Dennis, an impish child who wore baggy overalls with a slingshot in his back pocket and who often made a mess of things for his neighbor George Wilson.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2025
She turned the slingshot out at all of us in the crowd and commenced firing over our heads, putting out all the candles that runged ’round the tent!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
