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Recent Examples of blastoff
William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Each day, there are Big Top performances at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with a human cannonball blastoff at 1:45 p.m.
Admission costs $23 for teens and adults, $20 for seniors (ages 65 and up) and $15 for children (ages 5-12).
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
For those of us who can't blast off into space, however, Amazon MGM's Project Hail Mary, opening this weekend, is perfect for this new Artemis era.
—S.c. Stuart, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:48 p.m. EDT.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Each day, there are Big Top performances at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with a human cannonball blastoff at 1:45 p.m.
Admission costs $23 for teens and adults, $20 for seniors (ages 65 and up) and $15 for children (ages 5-12).
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
Verb
This weekend, Project Hail Mary escaped multiple gravitational forces at the box office to blast off as the year’s biggest opening.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
For those of us who can't blast off into space, however, Amazon MGM's Project Hail Mary, opening this weekend, is perfect for this new Artemis era.
—S.c. Stuart, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
Noun
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On Wednesday, the intro to space class at Metropolitan State University of Denver held a watch party for the Artemis II mission launch.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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With new composite material advances further reducing launch mass, these launch costs could be driven down even further.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Aurigny also says demand has soured in recent months, falling by 13 percent for flights taking off in May.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those who fly the small, lightweight aircraft of different stripes were restricted for nearly four years from accessing the airport by ground and taking off in their ultralights.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There were a few tantalizing examples of Curry screening for Porzingis before zooming around screens, and vice versa.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in China and ballooning public debt in the United States are in part due to the two powers’ aging populations.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Trump has said private donors would foot the bill for the project, the price of which has ballooned from the original $200 million estimate.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Your 11th House of Community gains drive as ambitious Mars enters, energizing ongoing collaborations while uplifting hope for what comes next.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Guys were encouraging one another and uplifting one another.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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