trebuchet
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Bertrand continues to tinker, and as the misses pile up, I revise my earlier opinion: Aiming a trebuchet is neither art nor science; it’s voodoo.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
With 10:02 left in the second quarter Saturday, UW quarterback Michael Penix Jr. took a shotgun snap, dropped three steps and uncorked a trebuchet, as wide receiver Jalen McMillan sprinted uncovered up the seam.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
In 1995, they let him leave a trebuchet in, too: my childhood Royal Knight’s Castle, designed by Petersen, has a tiny rock flinger on the battlements you can flick with one finger.
From The Verge • Jun. 18, 2022
Imperious Megadeth poobah fires succession of pontifical edicts from the flaming trebuchet of his own ego.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2016
Last game he had brought her out too soon and lost her to a trebuchet.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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