slingshot
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It has an eight-year cruise with flybys of Earth and Venus to slingshot it to Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
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
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
I tuck my slingshot away and play a few rounds of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Tess.
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
Rangers reportedly found three slingshots, a paintball marker, paintballs and other evidence inside their vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Before President Obama visited in 2015, men with slingshots tried to frighten the monkeys off by shrieking and barking.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
They even carried slingshots loaded with very hard acorns, in case they met up with dangerous mail bandits along their postal route.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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