slingshot
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The astronauts did the first slingshot around the Moon in more than 50 years and traveled deeper into space than any humans before -- culminating in a smooth splashdown Friday off the coast of California.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 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
Catapult crimes are not included in official statistics, so BBC Verify sent Freedom of Information requests to police forces in England and Wales, asking for crime records which mentioned the words "catapult" or "slingshot".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
When David fought Goliath, he was just armed with a slingshot and a few stones.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
Hassan was trying to tuck the slingshot in his waist with a pair of trembling hands.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
And then the book slingshots into the future.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
All three children rapidly fired their slingshots into the void.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
